[Box Backup] EVP Error while running bbackupd
Ben Summers
boxbackup@fluffy.co.uk
Tue, 21 Dec 2004 15:53:27 +0000
1) Check that the times are syncronised between client, server and the
machine which signed the certificates.
2) Check that you haven't accidently tried to use the same account
number on two machines.
Ben
On 21 Dec 2004, at 15:35, Peter Buecker wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently installed boxbackup-0.09 on a OpenBSD-3.6-stable system
> (called backup-server here). I set up 7 backup-clients. However, only
> 6 work as expected.
>
> When running bbackupd on the remaining one (host3), bbackupd complains
> about failing to decrypt (via syslog):
>
> "Dec 21 16:31:11 host3 bbackupd[13553]: SSL err during Read:
> error:06065064:digital envelope routines:EVP_DecryptFinal:bad decrypt
> Dec 21 16:31:11 host3 bbackupd[13553]: SSL err during Read:
> error:06065064:digital envelope routines:EVP_DecryptFinal:bad decrypt
> Dec 21 16:31:11 host3 bbackupd[13553]: Exception caught (5/6), reset
> state and waiting to retry..."
>
> At the same time, the backup-server logs the following:
> "Dec 21 16:31:11 backup-server bbstored[1147]: in server child,
> exception Connection Protocol_Timeout (Probably a network issue
> between client and server.) (7/41) -- terminating child"
>
>
>
> The certificate request for host3 has been signed on backup-server and
> copied to /etc/box/bbackupd/ on host3 in the same way we did it on the
> other 6 hosts.
> Connectivity is okay, since I can telnet to port 2201 on backup-server
> from host3. I can also run bbackupquery on host3. It logs in
> perfectly:
>
> "bash-3.00# bbackupquery
> Box Backup Query Tool v0.09, (c) Ben Summers 2003, 2004
> Using configuration file /etc/box/bbackupd.conf
> Connecting to store...
> Handshake with store...
> Login to store...
> Login complete.
>
> Type "help" for a list of commands.
>
> query >"
>
> Upon typing 'ls', it exits with the following error message:
>
> "query > ls
> Exception: Cipher EVPFinalFailure (5/6)
> bash-3.00#"
>
> I tried using the debug-build of bbackupquery and bbackupd, to no
> avail. I also deleted /etc/box and rerun bbackupd-config to generate
> new keys and new configuration files, without success.
> Any suggestions on what might be going wrong with this machine?
>
> Thanks,
> Peter Buecker
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