This was somehow related to the fact that I was su'd to root, but not with root env ie. "su --"
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Harsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 11:46 AM Subject: two-way synchronization accross a firewall fails > machine O is outside firewall, machine I is inside (machine names changed to > protect the innocent :-) > > firewall allows ssh connections if inititiated from I to O, but not if the > other way. > > both machines have an /etc/rsyncd.conf of: > [rt] > path = /tmp/rsync_test > comment = Test area > > O runs rsync daemon, I initiates a rsync cammnad like > rsync -rvvv --delete --rsh=ssh O::rt /tmp/rsync_test > > which works great, but when flipped and run on machine I, like so: > rsync -rvvv --delete --rsh=ssh /tmp/rsync_test O::rt > > we get > rsync -rvvv --delete --rsh=ssh /tmp/rsync_test O::rt > opening connection using ssh O rsync --server --daemon . > [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: > building file list ... > [sender] make_file(rsync_test,*,2) > [sender] expand file_list to 131072 bytes, did move > [sender] make_file(rsync_test/t,*,2) > [sender] make_file(rsync_test/core,*,2) > [sender] clearing per-dir .cvsignore exclude list > done > send_file_list done > send_files starting > rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (28 bytes read so far) > rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(342) > _exit_cleanup(code=12, file=io.c, line=342): about to call exit(12) > > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html