I have a problem that just popped up since an "update". I have a "backup" procedure that runs from one box to another, piping via ssh. What appears to happen is that when the remote side (the debian box) has written 102400000 bytes, it just dies. 102400000 bytes exactly, every time. I've included the script, the verbose client output, the regular client output, and the verbose server output. I have tried it from several clients, all with the same result. It started happening when I did some security updates. Keep in mind that this was working "perfectly" up until that point. I have no idea what the problem is, and have tried everything I could think of. Feedback, suggestions, comments, horror stories all welcome. davel
script: #!/bin/sh # backup script DT=`date +%Y%m%d%H` SSH=/usr/bin/ssh /bin/tar -c -l -T/root/bin/backup.weekly.cfg -X/root/bin/backup.weekly.x -f - | $SSH [EMAIL PROTECTED] /bin/dd of=weekly.$DT.tar verbose client output: <snipped> debug1: Sending command: /bin/dd of=weekly.2001122715.tar debug1: Entering interactive session. debug1: fd 0 setting O_NONBLOCK Read from remote host backup.kci.net: Broken pipe debug1: Transferred: stdin 102414336, stdout 0, stderr 51 bytes in 174.3 seconds debug1: Bytes per second: stdin 587576.9, stdout 0.0, stderr 0.3 debug1: Exit status -1 normal client output: [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# ./backup.weekly /bin/tar: Removing leading `/' from absolute path names in the archive Read from remote host backup.kci.net: Broken pipe verbose server log: <snipped> Dec 27 16:42:04 backup sshd[346]: debug1: session_new: init Dec 27 16:42:04 backup sshd[346]: debug1: session_new: session 0 Dec 27 16:42:04 backup sshd[346]: debug1: Exec command '/bin/dd of=weekly.2001122716.tar' Dec 27 16:42:04 backup PAM_unix[346]: (ssh) session opened for user user by (uid=0) Dec 27 16:42:04 backup sshd[346]: debug1: PAM establishing creds Dec 27 16:42:04 backup sshd[346]: debug1: Entering interactive session. Dec 27 16:42:04 backup sshd[347]: debug1: PAM establishing creds Dec 27 16:42:04 backup sshd[346]: debug1: fd 5 setting O_NONBLOCK Dec 27 16:42:04 backup sshd[346]: debug1: fd 7 setting O_NONBLOCK Dec 27 16:42:04 backup sshd[346]: debug1: server_init_dispatch_13 Dec 27 16:42:04 backup sshd[346]: debug1: server_init_dispatch_15 Dec 27 16:45:01 backup sshd[346]: debug1: Received SIGCHLD. Dec 27 16:45:01 backup sshd[346]: debug1: End of interactive session; stdin 102402048, stdout (read 0, sent 0), stderr 0 bytes. Dec 27 16:45:01 backup sshd[346]: Disconnecting: Command terminated on signal 25. Dec 27 16:45:01 backup sshd[346]: debug1: Calling cleanup 0x8051ef8(0x0) Dec 27 16:45:01 backup PAM_unix[346]: (ssh) session closed for user user Dec 27 16:45:01 backup sshd[346]: debug1: Calling cleanup 0x8066dec(0x0) -- Fight the Power Dave Logan "There is no right to fair use. Fair use is a defense against infringement." - Preston Padden, head of government relations for Walt Disney Company
