Using backuppc 2.1.0beta on RH 9 and rsyncd as the transfer method.
I’ve got a slew of machines that are suddenly displaying this problem: error displayed on status page is Child exited prematurely and log messages filled with this:
Can't open /data/backuppc/pc/abq-chyba/new/fCDrive/fDocuments and Settings/fAdministrator/fLocal Settings/fHISTORY/fHistory.IE5/fMSHist012001053120010601 for empty output
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Unable to link /data/backuppc/pc/abq-chyba/31/fCDrive/fDocuments and Settings/fAdministrator/fLocal Settings/fHISTORY/fHistory.IE5/fMSHist012001053120010601/findex.dat to /data/backuppc/pc/abq-chyba/new//fCDrive/fDocuments and Settings/fAdministrator/fLocal Settings/fHISTORY/fHistory.IE5/fMSHist012001053120010601/findex.dat
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Unable to link /data/backuppc/pc/abq-chyba/31/fCDrive/fDocuments and Settings/fAdministrator/fLocal Settings/fHISTORY/fHistory.IE5/fdesktop.ini to /data/backuppc/pc/abq-chyba/new//fCDrive/fDocuments and Settings/fAdministrator/fLocal Settings/fHISTORY/fHistory.IE5/fdesktop.ini
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Unable to link /data/backuppc/pc/abq-chyba/31/fCDrive/fDocuments and Settings/fAdministrator/fLocal Settings/fHISTORY/fHistory.IE5/findex.dat to /data/backuppc/pc/abq-chyba/new//fCDrive/fDocuments and Settings/fAdministrator/fLocal Settings/fHISTORY/fHistory.IE5/findex.dat
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Unable to link /data/backuppc/pc/abq-chyba/31/fCDrive/fDocuments and Settings/fAdministrator/fLocal Settings/fHISTORY/fdesktop.ini to /data/backuppc/pc/abq-chyba/new//fCDrive/fDocuments and Settings/fAdministrator/fLocal Settings/fHISTORY/fdesktop.ini
Unable to open /data/backuppc/pc/abq-chyba/new/fCDrive/fDocuments and Settings/fAdministrator/fLocal Settings/fHISTORY/attrib for writing
Botch, no matches on /data/backuppc/pc/abq-chyba/new/fCDrive/fDocuments and Settings/fAdministrator/fLocal Settings/fHISTORY/attrib (7e0caf6e77de662453f6b15c2a81bd27)
Unable to open /data/backuppc/pc/abq-chyba/new/fCDrive/fDocuments and Settings/fAdministrator/fLocal Settings/fHISTORY/fHistory.IE5/attrib for writing
Botch, no matches on /data/backuppc/pc/abq-chyba/new/fCDrive/fDocuments and Settings/fAdministrator/fLocal Settings/fHISTORY/fHistory.IE5/attrib (57dc47bc9abe839a49dc2a52e4e883c1)
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Parent read EOF from child: fatal error!
Done: 0 files, 0 bytes
Got fatal error during xfer (Child exited prematurely)
Backup aborted (Child exited prematurely)
I just recently switched from smb as a transport to rsyncd. Not all of my clients are doing this, just some. All clients are XP and running the rsyncd service.
Phillip M. Bryant
ITT Industries, Advanced Engineering and Sciences
Network Administrator
Albuquerque, NM 87120
Ph 505-889-7016
Cell 505-385-8668
MCSE 2000, NT 4.0
MCP+I
