Joshua, and all affected users. I would like to extend my apology to everyone that was affected by this, and would like to assure you all it won't happen again.
It seems that by moving my RedHat mirror to the same box as the Apache mirror, I didn't take into account, that my bash script used to do the rsync, is the same script (for RH and Apache), and used the same .lock file. My RedHat and Apache mirror scripts then used the same files, and every time my RedHat mirror ran, it wrote the killed the Apache file, and my Apache script didn't detect that the rsync session was running, and started a new one. Once again apologies for disrupting your connections, and hope my explanation offers you all some resolution on the issue. I do take full responsibility for this. Taking shortcuts is not the acceptable, and I have been preaching this to my staff, and here I go and do it :-(, I do hope that if there is no objections our mirror status can be restored. Regards Wilhelm Lehmann -----Original Message----- From: Joshua Slive [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 November 2004 16:57 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FW: New Mirror : apache.namibia.na - Symlink issue resolved ... Wilhelm, Your mirror was making rsync connections every hour and then holding them indefinitely. This tied up all the rsync slots on rsync.eu.apache.org. Your site has therefore been banned from connection to rsync.eu.apache.org in order to protect accessibility for other sites. Perhaps it would be best if you choise another way to support the apache software foundation. Some suggestions are here: http://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html Thanks. Joshua. Wilhelm Lehmann wrote: > URL of mirror : http://apache.namibia.na > Country where the mirror is located : Namibia / Africa > Contact email address : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Update frequency : Every 4 Hours > Rsync repository used : rsync.eu.apache.org > Approximate bandwidth : 2Mb/s (E1) > I have followed the recommended configuration for my mirror (yes/no) : > Yes > > Mirror also available ftp://apache.namibia.na/pub/apache > > URL of Logo : http://noc.namib.net/images/namlogo.gif > > Regards > > Wilhelm Lehmann > Systems Administrator > Namibnet, Namibia > Tel / Fax / Mobile on request > >
