Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please <at> cygwin.com> writes: > >*Every* time that I run rsync, both the Cygwin default 2.6.6 version > >and my 2.6.9cvs patched version, rsync failes to complete a transfer > >from WinXP to Win2000 and reports that the other end disconnected. > > > >With 100% success rate, WinXP is subsequently unable to: ping, browse > >internet, respond to ping, ipconfig /renew..., in fact all networking > >fails and the machine hangs in attempting to hibernate and mostly hangs > >in attempting to shutdown. > > > >I had had *no* problems, at all, prior to attempting to use rsync ! > > Regardless of this data point, if you are having this type of problem > there is something wrong with either your Windows installation, the > driver for your network card, or your computer. > > This isn't a Cygwin problem. A user mode program like rsync should not > be able to cause this type of behavior. If it could, that's an exploit > just waiting to happen. I agree that it isn't a bug in Cygwin. However the machine, apart from the Cygwin download and very little other software (no drivers), is a pristine WinXP install as supplied with the machine. I e-mailed this list because I hoped someone with a similar experience would be able to point me to a solution, Google and MS having failed (so far) to find anything relevant.
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