On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 12:21:11AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > Ping is an ICMP (internet control message protocol) and rsync and > unison both use TCP. So not different ports but completely different > protocols. Both are part of IP (Internet Protocol).
Got it, not thinking clearly :-) I was actually thinking in something like an iptables rule blocking selectively either of them, and mixed that with ports. But of course, no rules currently active :-( > > > Would it make sense? (I undertand unison uses rsync, or a version of > > it, to synchronize files, and rsync works, so I'd think that copying > > files with unison should work too, if it were a port problem...) > > I agree that if ssh and rsync is working then unison should work too. > And so with this I am exhausted of ideas for you. Fine, thanks for the attempt. Weird problem, and it's been a long day. I'll have to make a few more systematic and controlled experiments tomorrow. Victor -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110723063815.gc7...@llacolen.ciencias.uchile.cl
