maybe the connection is going over a firewall/router that has a timeout after a given number of idle time? or after a number of seconds/minutes the connection gets reseted by this router? try to sync locally from say folder 1 to directory 2 .... then you can rule out that your rsync is not the flawed one... but it could be a million other things though... my $0.02 contribution... > > > >I’m trying to rsync Windows 2000 to Linux. It fail on the same file every >in every try. > >If I delete from the source the problematic file, then it fail again after >a while on other file. The file size vary etc. > > > >I install rsync on other Linux for test, and there was no problem to rsync >the entire directory > >to this new destination. > > > >The error message on the client site is some thing like this: > > > >rsync: error writing 14957 unbuffered bytes - exiting: Connection reset by >peer > >rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(463) > > > >I’m running 2.5.5 on both sides. > >Tried to use --partial and it still fail. > >I install on the client side the cygwin patch for “connection reset by >peer” >with no help. > >I even download on the server side rsync version to 2.5.2 and it’s the same >problem. > > > >It seems that the problem is on the server side. This is our backup server >located on ISP > >facility over seas. > > > >Please advaise. > > > >Addady > > >-- >To unsubscribe or change options: >http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync >Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html ----)(----- Luis Mondesi System Administrator/Web developer LatinoMixed.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] You think Oedipus had a problem -- Adam was Eve's mother. Be secured. Get the public signature here: http://www.latinomixed.com/lems1/public-a.asc _________________________________________________________________ Discutez en ligne avec vos amis ! http://messenger.msn.fr -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html