AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'error_check_Main'

[Felix Matschke]

Dear all,

I would like to start rdiff-backup on my small debian/Mac OS X  
network (until now I used plain rsync). I installed rdiff-backup  
version 1.1.5 on both systems and there seems to be no problem (on  
debian via apt-get and on OS X Tiger via darwinports). From my OS X  
machine I can issue a command like

rdiff-backup me@powerbook::/Users/me /home/me/Backup/me

without any problems. But I would like to use it as a cron job on the  
debian-server. Rsync worked just fine with a batch file like

        unset SSH_AUTH_SOCK
        eval `ssh-agent`
        ssh-add /home/me/.ssh/rsyncMe
        /usr/bin/rsync -avz me@powerbook:/Users/me /home/me/Backup

but the seemingly equivalent batch file

        unset SSH_AUTH_SOCK
        eval `ssh-agent`
        ssh-add /home/me/.ssh/rsyncMe
        rdiff-backup flx@pb::/Users/me /home/me/Backup/me

gives me the following error message:

        Agent pid 8100
        Identity added: /home/me/.ssh/rsyncMe (/home/me/.ssh/rsyncMe)
        Traceback (most recent call last):
          File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in ?
            rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
        AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'error_check_Main'
        Fatal Error: Truncated header string (problem probably originated  
remotely)

        Couldn't start up the remote connection by executing
       
            ssh -C me@powerbook rdiff-backup --server
       
        Remember that, under the default settings, rdiff-backup must be
        installed in the PATH on the remote system.  See the man page for more
        information on this.  This message may also be displayed if the remote
        version of rdiff-backup is quite different from the local version  
(1.1.5).

Issuing

            ssh -C me@powerbook rdiff-backup --server

results in the same error message.

Did anybody experience the same error message?

Felix



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[Dave Kempe]

Felix Matschke wrote:
> Did anybody experience the same error message?

I get it when rdiff-backup is not installed correctly.
or more specifically when the sitepackages dir is not available.
actually, it might be slightly different, but I would think its some
sort of installation/path error.

dave


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[gerard van Dijnsen]

Hmm...

I get this when ssh returns an unexpected output like a last login
message or /etc/motd or something. Be sure to have the following in your
/etc/sshd_config:

PrintMotd no
PrintLastLog no

Worked for me...
Gerard

Felix Matschke wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I would like to start rdiff-backup on my small debian/Mac OS X  
> network (until now I used plain rsync). I installed rdiff-backup  
> version 1.1.5 on both systems and there seems to be no problem (on  
> debian via apt-get and on OS X Tiger via darwinports). From my OS X  
> machine I can issue a command like
>
> rdiff-backup me@powerbook::/Users/me /home/me/Backup/me
>
> without any problems. But I would like to use it as a cron job on the  
> debian-server. Rsync worked just fine with a batch file like
>
>     unset SSH_AUTH_SOCK
>     eval `ssh-agent`
>     ssh-add /home/me/.ssh/rsyncMe
>     /usr/bin/rsync -avz me@powerbook:/Users/me /home/me/Backup
>
> but the seemingly equivalent batch file
>
>     unset SSH_AUTH_SOCK
>     eval `ssh-agent`
>     ssh-add /home/me/.ssh/rsyncMe
>     rdiff-backup flx@pb::/Users/me /home/me/Backup/me
>
> gives me the following error message:
>
>     Agent pid 8100
>     Identity added: /home/me/.ssh/rsyncMe (/home/me/.ssh/rsyncMe)
>     Traceback (most recent call last):
>       File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in ?
>         rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
>     AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'error_check_Main'
>     Fatal Error: Truncated header string (problem probably originated  
> remotely)
>
>     Couldn't start up the remote connection by executing
>    
>         ssh -C me@powerbook rdiff-backup --server
>    
>     Remember that, under the default settings, rdiff-backup must be
>     installed in the PATH on the remote system.  See the man page for
> more
>     information on this.  This message may also be displayed if the
> remote
>     version of rdiff-backup is quite different from the local version  
> (1.1.5).
>
> Issuing
>
>         ssh -C me@powerbook rdiff-backup --server
>
> results in the same error message.
>
> Did anybody experience the same error message?
>
> Felix
>
>
>
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