Probé con root en ambas máquinas, en la fuente edité la configuración de ssh y PermitRootLogin lo puse a yes.
Y en el origen ejecuto rdiff-backup como root. Después de un rato copiando todo sin problemas empiezan a salir estos errores por falta de permisos:
Processing changed file sbin/mkfs.msdos
Processing changed file sbin/mkfs.vfat
Processing changed file sbin/mkhomedir_helper
Processing changed file sbin/mkswap
Processing changed file sbin/mntctl
Processing changed file sbin/modinfo
Processing changed file sbin/modprobe
Processing changed file sbin/mount.cifs
Processing changed file sbin/mount.nfs
Processing changed file sbin/mount.nfs4
Processing changed file sbin/mountall
Processing changed file sbin/nameif
Processing changed file sbin/osd_login
Processing changed file sbin/pam_tally
Processing changed file sbin/pam_tally2
Processing changed file sbin/parted
Processing changed file sbin/partprobe
Processing changed file sbin/pivot_root
Processing changed file sbin/plipconfig
Processing changed file sbin/plymouthd
Processing changed file sbin/poweroff
Processing changed file sbin/rarp
Processing changed file sbin/raw
Processing changed file sbin/reboot
Processing changed file sbin/regdbdump
Processing changed file sbin/request-key
Processing changed file sbin/resize2fs
Processing changed file sbin/resolvconf
Processing changed file sbin/rmmod
Processing changed file sbin/route
Processing changed file sbin/rpc.statd
Processing changed file sbin/rpcbind
Processing changed file sbin/rtacct
Processing changed file sbin/rtmon
Processing changed file sbin/runlevel
Processing changed file sbin/runuser
Processing changed file sbin/setcap
Processing changed file sbin/sfdisk
Processing changed file sbin/shadowconfig
Processing changed file sbin/showmount
Processing changed file sbin/shutdown
Processing changed file sbin/slattach
Processing changed file sbin/sm-notify
Processing changed file sbin/start-stop-daemon
Processing changed file sbin/sulogin
Processing changed file sbin/swaplabel
Processing changed file sbin/swapoff
Processing changed file sbin/swapon
Processing changed file sbin/switch_root
Processing changed file sbin/sysctl
Processing changed file sbin/tc
Processing changed file sbin/telinit
Processing changed file sbin/tipc
Processing changed file sbin/tune2fs
Processing changed file sbin/udevadm
Processing changed file sbin/umount.nfs
Processing changed file sbin/umount.nfs4
Processing changed file sbin/unix_chkpwd
Processing changed file sbin/unix_update
Processing changed file sbin/wipefs
Processing changed file sbin/wpa_action
Processing changed file sbin/wpa_cli
Processing changed file sbin/wpa_supplicant
Exception '[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/amba/drivers/uart-pl011/bind'' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.IOError'>':
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 32, in check_common_error
try: return function(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1174, in open
else: return open(self.path, mode)
ListError sys/bus/amba/drivers/uart-pl011/bind [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/amba/drivers/uart-pl011/bind'
Exception '[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/amba/drivers/uart-pl011/uevent'' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.IOError'>':
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 32, in check_common_error
try: return function(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1174, in open
else: return open(self.path, mode)
ListError sys/bus/amba/drivers/uart-pl011/uevent [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/amba/drivers/uart-pl011/uevent'
Exception '[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/amba/drivers/uart-pl011/unbind'' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.IOError'>':
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 32, in check_common_error
try: return function(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1174, in open
else: return open(self.path, mode)
ListError sys/bus/amba/drivers/uart-pl011/unbind [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/amba/drivers/uart-pl011/unbind'
Exception '[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/amba/drivers_probe'' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.IOError'>':
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 32, in check_common_error
try: return function(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1174, in open
else: return open(self.path, mode)
ListError sys/bus/amba/drivers_probe [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/amba/drivers_probe'
Exception '[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/amba/uevent'' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.IOError'>':
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 32, in check_common_error
try: return function(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1174, in open
else: return open(self.path, mode)
ListError sys/bus/amba/uevent [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/amba/uevent'
Exception '[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/clockevents/drivers_probe'' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.IOError'>':
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 32, in check_common_error
try: return function(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1174, in open
else: return open(self.path, mode)
ListError sys/bus/clockevents/drivers_probe [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/clockevents/drivers_probe'
Exception '[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/clockevents/uevent'' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.IOError'>':
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 32, in check_common_error
try: return function(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1174, in open
else: return open(self.path, mode)
ListError sys/bus/clockevents/uevent [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/clockevents/uevent'
Exception '[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/clocksource/drivers_probe'' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.IOError'>':
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 32, in check_common_error
try: return function(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1174, in open
else: return open(self.path, mode)
ListError sys/bus/clocksource/drivers_probe [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/clocksource/drivers_probe'
Exception '[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/clocksource/uevent'' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.IOError'>':
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 32, in check_common_error
try: return function(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1174, in open
else: return open(self.path, mode)
ListError sys/bus/clocksource/uevent [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/clocksource/uevent'
Exception '[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/container/drivers_probe'' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.IOError'>':
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 32, in check_common_error
try: return function(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1174, in open
else: return open(self.path, mode)
ListError sys/bus/container/drivers_probe [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/container/drivers_probe'
Exception '[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/container/uevent'' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.IOError'>':
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 32, in check_common_error
try: return function(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1174, in open
else: return open(self.path, mode)
ListError sys/bus/container/uevent [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/bus/container/uevent'
Processing changed file sbin/xtables-multi
Processing changed file sbin/zramctl
Processing changed file srv
Processing changed file sys
Processing changed file sys/block
Processing changed file sys/block/loop0
Processing changed file sys/block/loop1
Processing changed file sys/block/loop2
Processing changed file sys/block/loop3
Processing changed file sys/block/loop4
Processing changed file sys/block/loop5
Processing changed file sys/block/loop6
Processing changed file sys/block/loop7
Processing changed file sys/block/mmcblk0
Processing changed file sys/block/ram0
Processing changed file sys/block/ram1
Processing changed file sys/block/ram10
Processing changed file sys/block/ram11
Processing changed file sys/block/ram12
Processing changed file sys/block/ram13
Exception '[Errno 22] Invalid argument' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.IOError'>':
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 32, in check_common_error
try: return function(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1415, in read
def read(self, length = -1): return self.file.read(length)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/hash.py", line 47, in read
buf = self.fileobj.read(length)
Exception '[Errno 95] Operation not supported' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.IOError'>':
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 32, in check_common_error
try: return function(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1415, in read
def read(self, length = -1): return self.file.read(length)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/hash.py", line 47, in read
buf = self.fileobj.read(length)
Sending back exception [Errno 95] Operation not supported of type <type 'exceptions.IOError'>:
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 335, in answer_request
result = apply(eval(request.function_string), argument_list)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 485, in readfromid
if length is None: return cls.vfiles[id].read()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/iterfile.py", line 302, in read
if not self.addtobuffer(): break
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/iterfile.py", line 332, in addtobuffer
self.addfromfile("f")
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/iterfile.py", line 224, in addfromfile
[Globals.blocksize])
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 32, in check_common_error
try: return function(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1415, in read
def read(self, length = -1): return self.file.read(length)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/hash.py", line 47, in read
buf = self.fileobj.read(length)