On 10 May 2001, Bgs himself <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here it goes:
>
> How do I rsync through firewall ?
>
> I tried to open port 514. When I dump the IP traffic I see continuous
> traffic but get :
> download.sourceforge.net: Connection refused
> unexpected EOF in read_timeout
I don't know where you got 514 from. rsync uses port 873.
> This would be an anonymous rsync.
>
> I tried using ssh too (ssh is allowed by def on the fw).
> I used it with 'export RSYNC_RSH=ssh'.
>
> I have a connection again, but ssh keeps asking me for the remote root
> password ... (and create a lot of annoying logs for sourceforge...)
Presumably you don't have root access on sourceforge, so you should
specify a remote username:
rsync -e ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Any solution would be greatly welcome (either rsh or ssh version). I
> prefer security, consequently ssh version would be most welcome...
See also:
http://rsync.samba.org/cgi-bin/rsync.fom?file=75
http://rsync.samba.org/cgi-bin/rsync.fom?file=12
http://rsync.samba.org/cgi-bin/rsync.fom?file=58
--
Martin
