bugJBackpack - Bugs: bug #32388, public key authentication fails...

 
 

bug #32388: public key authentication fails when backup is initiated

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Tue 08 Feb 2011 07:06:32 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  None Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  None Status:  Need Info
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  ronnystandtke
Open/Closed:  Open
* Mandatory Fields

Add a New Comment Rich Markup
   

Wed 09 Jan 2013 07:04:55 PM UTC, comment #5: 

This problem is still present on version 0.9.3
It is possible to login via public key to browse the server and restore, but backup fails if authentication mode is public key (the server on which the backup is made runs kubuntu 12.04, and the backup fails with JBackpack returning a dialog box saying: rdiff-backup failed with the following output and then an empty text zone)

If I login with my password, it works fine.


Anonymous
Tue 20 Sep 2011 08:20:36 AM UTC, comment #4: 

The jbackpack option over ssh with ssh-key stays disabled and login fails. ERROR>read: Connection reset by peer
No option to go over http like rdiffweb.

Peter <peterz11>
Tue 21 Jun 2011 02:23:04 AM UTC, comment #3: 

Details of the exception are in the image that I attached at the time of my original report.

Anonymous
Mon 20 Jun 2011 08:41:44 AM UTC, comment #2: 

Sorry for the late response...

> In my logs I see a java.lang.NullPointerException.


Can you please provide the full details of the exception?

Ronny Standtke <ronnystandtke>
Group administrator
Tue 08 Feb 2011 07:15:35 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Forgot to mention program versions:
JBackpack 0.9.1
rdiff-backup 1.2.8

Robert Trevellyan <trevellyan>
Tue 08 Feb 2011 07:06:32 PM UTC, original submission:  

Thanks for developing JBackpack.

I've been experimenting with the program on Ubuntu 10.04.1 Desktop and Mac OS 10.6.6 (using MacPorts). I'm having the same problem with public key authentication on both systems. The destination for my experiments is Ubuntu 10.04.1 Server.

I can login and browse the destination with either Password or Public key selected under Authentication. If there is a backup at the destination, I can browse it and restore from it. During all these operations JBackpack doesn't ask for my password; presumably it's happy using my key.

If I have Password selected under Authentication, when I switch to the Backup tab and click on Backup, I enter my password and the backup completes successfully.

If I have Public key selected under Authenticaiton, when I switch to the Backup tab and click on Backup, JBackpack checks for rdiff-backup on the destination, then shows an error dialog "rdiff-backup failed with the following output:" with a blank text area. In my logs I see a java.lang.NullPointerException.

Anonymous

 

(Note: upload size limit is set to 16384 kB, after insertion of the required escape characters.)

Attach Files:
   
   
Comment:
   

Attached Files
file #22628:  JBackpackException.png added by None (78KiB - image/png)

 

Depends on the following items: None found

Items that depend on this one: None found

 

Carbon-Copy List
  • -email is unavailable- added by peterz11 (Posted a comment)
  • -email is unavailable- added by ronnystandtke (Posted a comment)
  • -email is unavailable- added by trevellyan (Posted a comment)
  •  

    There are 0 votes so far. Votes easily highlight which items people would like to see resolved in priority, independently of the priority of the item set by tracker managers.

    Only logged-in users can vote.

     

    Follow 3 latest changes.

    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2011-06-20 ronnystandtke StatusNone Need Info
        Assigned toNone ronnystandtke
    2011-02-08 None Attached File- Added JBackpackException.png, #22628

    Back to the top

    Powered by Savane 3.13-caa5.
    Corresponding source code