I append a log of, in succession, executing the non-existent command 'missing-rsync' on the remote machine, and then the versions of ssh on the local and remote machines (the local machine is SuSE Linux with bash, and the remote machine is Solaris 2.9, with the remote shell being sh):
socnt01:~ # ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] missing-rsync <====== no indication of error returned
socnt01:~ # ssh -v
OpenSSH_3.9p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004
usage: ssh [-1246AaCfghkMNnqsTtVvXxY] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec]
[-D port] [-e escape_char] [-F configfile] [-i identity_file]
[-L port:host:hostport] [-l login_name] [-m mac_spec] [-o option]
[-p port] [-R port:host:hostport] [-S ctl] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [command]
socnt01:~ # ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] ssh -v
SSH Version Sun_SSH_1.0, protocol versions 1.5/2.0.
Usage: ssh [options] host [command]
Options:
-l user Log in using this user name.
-n Redirect input from /dev/null.
-A Enable authentication agent forwarding.
-a Disable authentication agent forwarding.
-X Enable X11 connection forwarding.
-x Disable X11 connection forwarding.
-i file Identity for RSA authentication(default: ~/.ssh/identity).
-t Allocate a tty even if a command is given.
-T Do not allocate a tty.
-v Verbose; display verbose debugging messages.
Multiple -v increases verbosity.
-V Display version number only.
-P Don't allocate a privileged port.
-q Quiet: don't display warning messages.
-f Fork into background after authentication.
-e char Set escape character; ``none'' = disable(default: ~).
-c cipher Select encryption algorithm: ``3des'', ``blowfish''
-m macs Specify MAC algorithms for protocol version 2.
-p port Connect to this port. Server must be on the same port.
-L listen-port:host:port Forward local port to remote address
-R listen-port:host:port Forward remote port to local address
These cause ssh to listen for connections on a port, and
forward them to the other side by connecting to host:port.
-C Enable compression.
-N Do not execute a shell or command.
-g Allow remote hosts to connect to forwarded ports.
-4 Use IPv4 only.
-6 Use IPv6 only.
-2 Force protocol version 2.
-o 'option' Process the option as if it was read from a configuration file.
-s Invoke command (mandatory) as SSHv2 subsystem.
socnt01:~ #
On 13 Jan 2005, at 18:42, Wayne Davison wrote:
On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 05:20:51PM +0000, Nigel Gilbert wrote:This might be thought to be a bug or a missing feature in rsync; rsync could have produced a more comprehensible error message.
Your shell should have told you about the command problem -- for instance, I see this trying to run the command "missing-rsync":
zsh: no such file or directory: missing-rsync
or this:
/bin/bash: missing-rsync: command not found
This error should have been right in front of the error that rsync outputs.
It might be possible for the local rsync to look for an abnormal exit code from ssh (I'll look at that), but the local rsync mainly just sees that its pipe is gone, and complains about that.
..wayne..
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