[Borgbackup] Help with Initializing Remote Repository

[kmq]

The problem is likely exactly what the error message is saying:

> root Remote: There is already something at /home/borg/borgbackup.
> ('Remote Exception (see remote log for the traceback)', 'PathAlreadyExists')

In other words:

You already created the directory that borg is trying to initialize,
so borg is helping you by not overwriting everything that might be in
it.

On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 09:18:53PM -0400, Samir Parikh wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to back up from a local Ubuntu laptop running borgbackup
> version 1.0.12 to a remote Ubuntu VM running borgbackup version
> 1.1.15.
>
> I created the following environment variable as I am using an
> alternate SSH key which does not use a passphrase (to facilitate
> future automation):
>
> export BORG_RSH='ssh -i /home/spython01/.ssh/borgsshkey'
>
> I then ran the following command on my local machine to initialize a
> remote repo:
>
> borg init --encryption=repokey borg at ip.address:/home/borg/borgbackup
>
> but got the following message, instead of a prompt to create a password:
>
> root Remote: There is already something at /home/borg/borgbackup.
> ('Remote Exception (see remote log for the traceback)', 'PathAlreadyExists')
> Platform: Linux 4.4.0-178-generic #208-Ubuntu SMP Sun Apr 5 23:45:10
> UTC 2020 x86_64
> Linux: Ubuntu 16.04 xenial
> Borg: 1.0.12  Python: CPython 3.5.2
> PID: 20952  CWD: /home/spython01
> sys.argv: ['/usr/bin/borg', 'init', '--encryption=repokey',
> 'borg at ip.address:/home/borg/borgbackup']
> SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND: None
>
> Permissions on the remote VM for the backup directory are as follows:
>
> drwxr-xr-x 3 borg borg 4096 May  4 23:41 borgbackup
>
> Any suggestions on what to change or what I did wrong?
>
> Thanks
> Samir
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