Quoting "Steven R. Gerber" <open...@gerber-systems.com>: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: rdist times out but will not die > Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:49:01 +1300 > From: Richard Toohey <richardtoo...@paradise.net.nz> > To: Steven R. Gerber <sger...@gerber-systems.com> > CC: t...@openbsd.org > > On 24/03/2011, at 4:06 PM, Steven R. Gerber wrote: > > > On 3/20/2011 2:07 PM, Steven R. Gerber wrote: > >> I want to do local/remote mirror/backup (or should that be > local-mirror > >> / offsite-backup). > >> So a two-part question: > >> 1. Even if there is a timeout, shouldn't the job/process exit? > >> > ************************************************************* > **************** > * > >> rdist@thedump: thedump: /mnt/mirror2/public/read_only/movies: chown > from > >> rdist:operator to cdripper:operator > >> rdist@thedump: thedump: > >> /mnt/mirror2/public/read_only/movies/The_Thomas_Crown_Affair_1999: > chown > >> from rdist:operator to root:operator > >> rdist@thedump: > >> > /mnt/stripe2/public/read_only/movies/The_Thomas_Crow > n_Affair_1999/THOMAS_CROW > N_AFFAIR_16X9.md5: > >> updating > >> rdist@thedump: > >> > /mnt/stripe2/public/read_only/movies/The_Thomas_Crow > n_Affair_1999/THOMAS_CROW > N_AFFAIR_16X9.iso: > >> installing > >> rdist@thedump: LOCAL ERROR: Response time out > >> rdist@thedump: updating of rdist@thedump finished > >> $ ps -ax|grep rdist > >> 26025 ?? I 0:00.00 tee /var/log/rdist/2011-03-20 > >> 11059 ?? I 0:00.01 rdist -f /etc/Distfile > >> 28446 ?? I 0:22.99 rdist: update rdist@thedump (rdist) > >> 7795 ?? I 1:10.32 ssh -l rdist thedump r > >> 13045 p0 S+ 0:00.00 grep rdist > >> > ************************************************************* > **************** > * > >> 2. I know that they happen from time to time. How can I > avoid/prevent > >> timeouts? The default is 900 sec AKA 15 min? How can this happen > >> between two local machines? > > How big is the file?
So, how big is the file that it times out on? More than 2Gb? Guess so if a movie file? I might be barking up the wrong tree, but it will take you two seconds to see if there's anything in this > 2Gb idea and if I'm wrong, move on. Regardless of that, yes, put more debugging on - might give you some more clues. OpenBSD helps those who help themselves. > > Sure it is not *something* like this? > > https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY85396 > > client.c > > 869 /* > 870 * Parse size > 871 */ > 872 size = (off_t) strtol(cp, (char **)&cp, 10); > > *Maybe* that strtol() should be strtoll()? > > Anyway, don't I think tech@ is necessarily the list for this - misc@ or > file a > bug. > > And/or keep debugging & digging - the source is all there! > > HTH. > > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> > >> > > > > Sorry to reply to myself, but I really need help with this. > > The movies always timeout via rdist. If I transfer the movies myself > > via sftp then there are no timeouts. > > The processes continue to accumulate everyday unless I manually kill > them. > > I know that I am missing something. Should I edit /etc/daily to turn > on > > debugging? > > > > Please/Thanks.
