On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 02:25:18PM +0000, Dean Scothern wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'have an intermittent problem regarding transfers using rsync between
> debian potato servers
> In common with others on this list. when executing:
> rsync -ave remotehost:/usr dir. I get a hang part way through the transfer.
I assume you've got something like "ssh" after the -e.
> This happens
> only on a few machines. I noticed on this list some time ago that there was
> a discussion about changing the behaviour of ssh to solve this, but Iam
> lothe to do this as it defeats the benefits of the debian package system
> used locally. Are there still issues with using
> rsync with ssh and different file types?
> I can repeat the behaviour with rsync 2.3.2 - 2.4.6 and ssh 1.2.3, 2.2.0
I think that openssh (that's what you're using, right?) already has the
modification to use socketpairs instead of pipes. Start by checking the
queues in the output of netstat on each side, and if they show something
queued to send you may need to go to tcpdump. If they don't, you may need
to go to strace to see where things are hanging.
- Dave Dykstra
