> On 18 Oct 2000, Martin Pool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 17 Oct 2000, Jan?ke R?nnblom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > Recap:
> > > Im trying to syncronize my Windows NT servers to a central unix
> > > box running redhat 7.0. Previously I falsely stated that rsync 2.3.2
> > > work; it doesnt! It also bombs out on large transfers.
> >
> > If the two machines are on a reasonably private network, then perhaps
> > you should use plain rsync rather than rsync-over-ssh. This will cut
> > out a large class of possible problems to do with ssh, fifos, sockets,
> > and NT.
>
> Oh, another thing you might like to try is running OpenSSH 2. The
> most recent version avoid the blocking/nonblocking bugs, and are
> backwards compatible with SSH 1.
In UNIX yes, but in windows there is a special patch for openssh
which seem to depend on pipes.
I have implemented rsync in daemon mode and forgot everything
about ssh. This night it suceeded in rsync 4 different windows NT
servers over the WAN to my rsync UNIX box. This is now with
rsync 2.4.6.
I'll keep you posted on my success/failure in a few days.
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