Re: rsync from Windows and Linux over ssh

2002-07-30 Thread Randy Kramer
Sorry, I think you'll need somebody else's help. (If I had to guess, I'd take a look at the colon -- maybe you need two colons there -- it does make a difference but I forget what difference it makes.) Randy Kramer S Peram wrote: > It's just a 1kb file that I'

*****SPAM***** Re: rsync from Windows and Linux over ssh

2002-07-29 Thread Randy Kramer
F on read_timeout" error often indicates something is taking too much time on the server. Don't specify the -c option, don't rsync more than one large file in a single rsync command, etc." Randy Kramer -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/list

Re: Corrupt .iso file

2002-07-06 Thread Randy Kramer
Monil Chheda wrote: > Can anyone tell me how to usr rsync utility to get the > correct checksum ? Try http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/RsyncingALargeFile and other links on that page. Randy Kramer -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync

Re: Rsync dies

2002-05-17 Thread Randy Kramer
dable, and users could be less confused. Just another $.02. Randy Kramer -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Re: List Alive?

2002-04-20 Thread Randy Kramer
John Conover wrote: > Is the rsync list alive? The rsync list [EMAIL PROTECTED] is alive and well (AFAICT). Randy Kramer -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Re: File Owner, Group and Permissions for Win2000

2002-03-30 Thread Randy Kramer
on is mounted on the Linux box, it has those permissions. Maybe there are other possibilities? Randy Kramer -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Re: Keep one BIG file in sync

2002-02-21 Thread Randy Kramer
Joseph Annino wrote: > If my understanding is wrong and rsync does have the proper magic to copy > just the differences within a file then rsync is even cooler than I thought. rsync is cooler than you thought! Randy Kramer -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/m

Re: Rsyncd limits

2001-12-10 Thread Randy Kramer
his accomplish what you need or are you looking for something more? hope this helps, Randy Kramer

Re: rsync image files?

2001-12-10 Thread Randy Kramer
wiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/RsyncingALargeFile and the other pages linked to it. If you find any errors or have any suggestions for improvement, let me know. Thanks, Randy Kramer

Re: Why does one of there work and the other doesn't

2001-11-30 Thread Randy Kramer
rint?. Does rsync need 100 bytes for each file that might be transferred during a session (all files in the specified directory(ies)), or does it need only 100 bytes as it does one file at a time? Trying to learn, also, Randy Kramer

Re: dir list behavior differences?

2001-11-20 Thread Randy Kramer
Tim, Wonderful, thank you -- it is plain text! Randy Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Incidentally: I've deleted and reinstalled notes, in the hopes that the > user preference for internet mail (TEXT ONLY, instead of HTML) has been > honored. I set that as soon as i started,

Re: Is anybody else gettting these?

2001-11-19 Thread Randy Kramer
e only problem -- for me, most HTML mail comes through in a very small font that is unreadable. (I can read it by doing a view source or something like that, if it seems interesting enough.) (Tim's mail is coming through with this very small font.) Randy Kramer

Re: unexpected EOF in read_timeout

2001-05-29 Thread Randy Kramer
ms before starting to exchange data. (All this is to the best of my recollection.) Hope this helps! Randy Kramer Dale Phillips wrote: > > No. I am using aix 4.3 and rsh. I am wondering > if it is some sort of a network glitch. > Dale > > --- Phil Howard <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: --compare-dest usage (was Re: [expert] 8.0 Final)

2001-04-24 Thread Randy Kramer
Dave, Thanks for the clarification, now that part is clear also! Randy Kramer Dave Dykstra wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 06:57:14PM -0400, David Bolen wrote: > [very good reply to Randy Kramer deleted] > > > > Aside: I think, based on your previous resp

Re: Advice and questions on rsync/smbmount combination

2001-04-24 Thread Randy Kramer
ew one? > Sorry, I don't have any idea. > Let me know if anybody has some general observations about using rsync with > smbmount and how good a solution it is. See above, but I'd be pleased to be proved wrong. Hope this helps, Randy Kramer

Re: --compare-dest usage (was Re: [expert] 8.0 Final)

2001-04-23 Thread Randy Kramer
with a slice off the end of the original file. (I thought of that myself actually, but thought --compare-dest was a better choice because it was a built-in option -- now I'm clear that it's not.) Thanks again! Randy Kramer David Bolen wrote: > > Randy Kramer [[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: --compare-dest usage (was Re: [expert] 8.0 Final)

2001-04-23 Thread Randy Kramer
hen rsync would rsync the last 40 files in the normal manner (i.e., breaking them into blocks of 3000 to 8000 bytes and then comparing them, and transferring only the blocks that were different). Thanks, Randy Kramer Dave Dykstra wrote: > Note that if the target file ("mandrakefreq-i586

Re: [expert] 8.0 Final

2001-04-20 Thread Randy Kramer
ps! After I get my TWiki up and working, I will rewrite these instructions and put them on my TWiki site. (I apologize because these are not as clear as I would like -- they need to be rewritten -- I just don't have the time right now.) I would appreciate corrections or clarifications to the

[Fwd: Re: rsync between partitions]

2001-04-13 Thread Randy Kramer
'm not sure of the size (and it can be changed by a command line parameter). His thesis includes data on performance of different files with varying block sizes. Hope this helps, Randy Kramer

[Fwd: Re: rsync between partitions]

2001-04-13 Thread Randy Kramer
"A month of sundays ago [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:" > You've got two choices. Hack the code to do the updates in-place, > or copy the disk images to a filesystem, and treat them as files. Mmm ... partitions too large, I fear. Hacking the code seems the better option. But I need to know if onl

Re: rsync problems with .iso files

2001-04-08 Thread Randy Kramer
m for Mandrake 7.0. So, thanks very much to everyone who offered help! I'll be back! Randy Kramer Andrew Tridgell wrote: > > Here are some possible explanations: > > 1) you used --partial on an earlier attempt and interrupted the >transfer. That would leave you with a p

Re: rsync problems with .iso files

2001-04-08 Thread Randy Kramer
rithm works, it's hard to imagine a file transfer (under ncftp) that would be so bad as to have no or few sections transferred correctly (even if I had done it in ASCII mode). I've done iso transfers before using ncftp and have not had any trouble. Anyway. Thanks, Randy Kramer M. Dr

Re: rsync problems with .iso files

2001-04-08 Thread Randy Kramer
done an ASCII transfer, and, I've done this before with no problem. (But the previous instance was about 3 months ago and before the ISP started cutting me off. I might have had to resume the previous downloaded isos once or twice each. Anyway, I remain puzzled. And, I'm trying to read Andrew Tridge's thesis. Randy Kramer

rsync problems with .iso files

2001-04-08 Thread Randy Kramer
irrelevant at this point.) 6. The problem is due to the protocol mismatch. -- Not too likely -- this condition prevailed throughout the trials, even when I got the "wrote 105 bytes read 85 bytes 20.00 bytes/sec" results. 7. Other?? Thanks for any help anyone can offer! Randy Kramer P

Re: Rsync: Re: password prompts

2001-04-08 Thread Randy Kramer
Rob, Thanks for the explanation! Randy Kramer Rob Russell wrote: > chroot is the act of changing the root directory of a filesystem as it > appears to the process. (man 1 chroot) > > So, if I make an [x]inetd entry that calls "chroot /var/ssh sshd" instead > of ssh

Re: Rsync: Re: password prompts

2001-04-07 Thread Randy Kramer
a root account, or is it just that it's his "root" account, as a synonym for "home" account? Must you do something to make the restricted account "chrooted"? (I guess I'll have to look up "chroot" on google or similar.) Thanks again for the discussion! Randy Kramer

Re: Rsync: Re: password prompts

2001-04-07 Thread Randy Kramer
Lachlan, Thanks for the response! I haven't tried it yet, but does ssh with a passphrase address your concern? If somebody steals your private key can it be used without the passphrase? Thanks, Randy Kramer PS: Thanks for the discussion. From what you've said and other things

Re: Rsync: Re: password prompts

2001-04-06 Thread Randy Kramer
(In this case only having an rsync > based account) > > Lachlan. > > PS: If keeping rsync small is a priority for some people - > compiling in an ssh module could be an option - as is done > with apache modules to expand functionality. If people feel ssh is essential, I would prefer that it be a module. Thanks for the response! Randy Kramer

Re: Rsync: Re: password prompts

2001-04-06 Thread Randy Kramer
ernal ssh would presumably do better than any cut down version of ssh within rsync). This modular approach also has the advantages of keeping rsync smaller, and allowing rsync to use a different and better security system than ssh if it comes into being. Thanks, Randy Kramer Lachlan Cranswick wrote: &

Re: Can rsync repair an iso with a bad md5sum? How? (Is it efficient?) -- Does rsync work with a vfat partition?

2001-04-05 Thread Randy Kramer
py and the remote copy. Would the -c option do something more than would be done based on the date mismatch? Also, in a subsequent email I raise the question about whether the problem is because my local partition is a vfat partition. Any idea? Thanks again! Randy Kramer M. Drew Streib wrot

Re: Can rsync repair an iso with a bad md5sum? How? (Is it efficient?)

2001-04-05 Thread Randy Kramer
Oops, did not mean to send this message -- see the next one. Also, sorry about the wrapping. Randy Kramer wrote: > > work properly> > > I tried Cameron's advice (touching the local copy of the iso), and the results > are useful but disappointing -- it shows that rsync

Re: Can rsync repair an iso with a bad md5sum? How? (Is it efficient?) -- Does rsync work with a vfat partition?

2001-04-05 Thread Randy Kramer
not change the permissions, and I think it is because the partition I am using is a vfat partition. Does rsync have a problem with vfat partitions? If not, can anybody spot another problem? (I see that the protocol versions don't match -- is that the problem?) Thanks, Randy Kramer PS: I

Re: Can rsync repair an iso with a bad md5sum? How? (Is it efficient?)

2001-04-05 Thread Randy Kramer
I tried Cameron's advice (touching the local copy of the iso), and the results are useful but disappointing -- it shows that rsync is not updating the iso. Below is the "transcript" of my run of rsync. I suspect the problem relates to the "unexpected EOF in read_timeout", but I don't know exac

Re: Can rsync repair an iso with a bad md5sum? How? (Is it efficient?)

2001-04-04 Thread Randy Kramer
blem, I'll keep it running.) With the partial option, will a partial file (.iso) be saved if the connection is broken? (My ISP has taken to disconnecting me after 12 hours -- he changed the TOS.) Thanks! Randy Kramer Mike Whitaker wrote: > > On Tuesday 03 April 2001 16:37, Randy

Re: Can rsync repair an iso with a bad md5sum? How? (Is it efficient?)

2001-04-04 Thread Randy Kramer
your help! Randy Kramer Randy Kramer wrote: > > Mike, > > I'm now running rsync again with the options you specified. It has > printed out a message: > > unexpected EOF in read-timeout > > but it is still using CPU (~85%, update checked again before sending

Re: Can rsync repair an iso with a bad md5sum? How? (Is it efficient?)

2001-04-04 Thread Randy Kramer
Mike, Thanks very much! It's helpful to see the command that someone else uses for the same purpose. I'll try the command with the options you specified (after I look them up) -- if nothing changes I may try the install. Thanks again! Randy Kramer Mike Whitaker wrote: > &g

Re: test

2001-04-04 Thread Randy Kramer
Thanks to all who responded! Randy Kramer Randy Kramer wrote: > > If someone sees this can you please respond? I don't know whether I'm > getting through to the list or not -- I've seen no messages since I've > signed up, and posted a few with no response. > > Thanks! > Randy Kramer

test

2001-04-04 Thread Randy Kramer
If someone sees this can you please respond? I don't know whether I'm getting through to the list or not -- I've seen no messages since I've signed up, and posted a few with no response. Thanks! Randy Kramer

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2001-04-04 Thread Randy Kramer
If someone sees this can you please respond? I don't know whether I'm getting through to the list or not -- I've seen no messages since I've signed up, and posted a few with no response. Thanks! Randy Kramer

[Fwd: Can rsync repair an iso with a bad md5sum? How? (Is it efficient?)]

2001-04-04 Thread Randy Kramer
) about Debian in March. I've also been through help, man, and info, and several tutorials. Thanks, Randy Kramer Can rsync fix a MandrakeFreq iso with a bad md5sum? (Without re-downloading the entire file?) How? (See my problems, below.) I have rsync 2.3.2 protocol version 21 (Mandrake 7.

FAQ-O-Matic Down?

2001-04-04 Thread Randy Kramer
I tried to post some questions in the FAQ-O-Matic (on Sunday, IIRC). The last two days I tried to check for responses -- but I get an Internal Server Error when trying from either IE 5 on Windows or Konqueror (2.1) on Linux (Mandrake 7.2). Randy Kramer

Can rsync repair an iso with a bad md5sum? How? (Is it efficient?)

2001-04-04 Thread Randy Kramer
ted some questions on the rsync faq-o-matic, but, for the last two days I can't get back to it -- seems like they have a problem. Should rsync work to solve this problem? How? Is there any chance the md5sum posted at carroll is wrong? This is the md5sum I get each time: f1a03f8a2b4637dc5