Feature request for rsync for running scripts
I was wondering if others might find it useful to have a parameter in the rsync daemon config that would allow running a command on the server at session start or at successful rsync completion. For instance, this would allow a webpage to be automatically maintained (by a script called by this method) with the timestamps of the last successful rsync completion (no errors, all files transferred), which would be very nice for keeping track of the state of mirrors. I looked in the patches directory, and see there is already a pre-post-exec.diff patch to allow for running scripts before and after the chroot, but I'm more interested in running after successful rsync completion than after the chroot. The already present patch also doesn't allow for some method of passing other useful information like the username of an authenticated user, or the ipaddress of the rsync client, either of which might be useful in tracking which mirrors were up to date. Other info like the module name or even the number/size of files transferred would also be useful. This would also be very nice for doing things like queuing a backup job for the module that was rsynced in the case of dirs pushed to the server for the purposes of backups. Maybe also a way to bypass the script if no files were transferred, but the rsync was otherwise error-free. Comments appreciated. Evan -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Feature request for rsync for running scripts
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:10:18 -0700, Evan Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering if others might find it useful to have a parameter in the rsync daemon config that would allow running a command on the server at session start or at successful rsync completion. For instance, this would allow a webpage to be automatically maintained (by a script called by this method) with the timestamps of the last successful rsync completion (no errors, all files transferred), which would be very nice for keeping track of the state of mirrors. Couldn't you just do this on the client side? rsync... ssh commands to run after rsync... -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Feature request for rsync for running scripts
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Andrew Burgess wrote: On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:10:18 -0700, Evan Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering if others might find it useful to have a parameter in the rsync daemon config that would allow running a command on the server at session start or at successful rsync completion. Couldn't you just do this on the client side? rsync... ssh commands to run after rsync... That requires: 1. Running ssh and enabling it for client traffic. 2. Having a user account for each client and giving it shell access. 3. Giving each client account access to a suid script and/or permission to do the updates itself. Basically, it undoes practially all of the advantages of running an rsync daemon in the first place instead of just using rsync over ssh, as well as potentially creating some big security issues. But the biggest one is that I don't want to give mirror operators/clients shell access. Evan -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Feature request for rsync for running scripts
On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 02:10:18PM -0500, Evan Harris wrote: I looked in the patches directory, and see there is already a pre-post-exec.diff patch to allow for running scripts before and after the chroot, but I'm more interested in running after successful rsync completion than after the chroot. That patch does run a command after the completion of the rsync (whether it was successful or not). I've just upgraded it to add more environment variables (such as module name, module path, host name, host IP, user name, exit status). I also changed where the post-rsync exec happens so that both the pre- and post-xfer are both now run by the user that runs the daemon (not the module's user) and without any chroot constraints (the old patch was simpler, and it made the post-xfer command run in a more restricted setting than the pre-xfer command). You can see the latest patch here: http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/unpacked/rsync/patches/pre-post-exec.diff Maybe also a way to bypass the script if no files were transferred, but the rsync was otherwise error-free. The current patch doesn't include any info on transfer direction nor any transfer stats (which might not be easy to do). ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
rsync wont rsync
i am having a problem getting rsync daemon to run properly. on remote server, i can get the list of files OK...(below) but when i try get them...it flaps out and says connx refused [EMAIL PROTECTED] [/var]# rsync server:: addons Addon Scripts abuse Abuse Scripts [EMAIL PROTECTED] [/var]# rsync av server:addons /usr/local/addons server: Connection refused rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far) rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165) anyone have any ideas? Please include all past correspondences in your replies Gary P. - AK Web Hosting -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
RE: rsync wont rsync
Never mind, I figured it out, forgot the :: instead of : From: Gary Peltola [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 2:08 PM To: 'rsync@lists.samba.org' Subject: rsync wont rsync i am having a problem getting rsync daemon to run properly. on remote server, i can get the list of files OK...(below) but when i try get them...it flaps out and says connx refused [EMAIL PROTECTED] [/var]# rsync server:: addons Addon Scripts abuse Abuse Scripts [EMAIL PROTECTED] [/var]# rsync av server:addons /usr/local/addons server: Connection refused rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far) rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165) anyone have any ideas? Please include all past correspondences in your replies Gary P. - AK Web Hosting -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Feature request for rsync for running scripts
I've just upgraded it to add more environment variables (such as module name, module path, host name, host IP, user name, exit status). I also changed where the post-rsync exec happens so that both the pre- and post-xfer are both now run by the user that runs the daemon (not the module's user) and without any chroot constraints (the old patch was simpler, and it made the post-xfer command run in a more restricted setting than the pre-xfer command). You can see the latest patch here: http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/unpacked/rsync/patches/pre-post-exec.diff Thank you very much! That sounds like it's just what I'm looking for. Is it possible that this patch might be added to the mainstream release anytime soon? The current patch doesn't include any info on transfer direction nor any transfer stats (which might not be easy to do). I just threw those in there as suggestions. I doubt I'll need them. I did just notice another missing thing (or I've overlooked the option for doing it). Is there a way to force creation of any necessary path components of a stem directory of an rsync? rsync -av /var/base/testing/ testserver::pushdir/beta5/testing/ This command fails with a no such file or directory error if the beta5 directory doesn't exist. I would have expected that with the -a option, it would replicate whatever dirs necessary to do the sync. Or am I missing something? Thanks! -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Verbosity of log messages in daemon mode
When running rsync in daemon mode, is there a way to suppress server-excluded messages in the logfile? I've tried setting both of max verbosity = 0 transfer logging = no but they are still showing up. Rsync 2.6.5. Unfortunately, I'm using rsync to get a whole tree every half hour, but there are a few excluded directories that have several hundreds of files in them, and its making the logs huge. Thanks. Evan -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Verbosity of log messages in daemon mode
Aha, I think I answered my own question. Unfortunately, it appears that the max verbosity setting is a global parameter that can't be in a module area. That might be something to change in the future, or at least make clear in the docs. Also, speaking of messages, when running with -vn I can't seem to figure a way to suppress the non-file messages. It always wants to show: building file list ... done sent 6999 bytes received 16 bytes 14030.00 bytes/sec total size is 423894309 speedup is 60426.84 I just want ONLY the files to be transferred to be given back on stdout, so I can get a good approximation of the total bytes to be transferred to display in a higher level UI. I can include code to try to ignore the additional messages, but that seems kludgy and will break if the messages ever change. Evan On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Evan Harris wrote: When running rsync in daemon mode, is there a way to suppress server-excluded messages in the logfile? I've tried setting both of max verbosity = 0 transfer logging = no but they are still showing up. Rsync 2.6.5. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Feature request for rsync for running scripts
On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 06:27:56PM -0500, Evan Harris wrote: Is it possible that this patch might be added to the mainstream release anytime soon? I was originally against the idea, but have softened my opposition after I saw how self-contained and simple the code turned out to be. One remaining problem with it as it stands now is that it doesn't have the proper configure support (we may need to add a putenv() compatibility function, for instance). If someone would like to help with the cross- platform compatibility of putenv(), that would help to speed this idea's acceptance a bit more. Is there a way to force creation of any necessary path components of a stem directory of an rsync? Not without using --relative (and all that implies). Rsync will only create the destination directory itself without that. ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Verbosity of log messages in daemon mode
On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 07:31:41PM -0500, Evan Harris wrote: Unfortunately, it appears that the max verbosity setting is a global parameter that can't be in a module area. This is fixed in 2.6.6pre1. I just want ONLY the files to be transferred to be given back on stdout, so I can get a good approximation of the total bytes to be transferred to display in a higher level UI. Use --log-format='OPTIONS...' instead of --verbose. One easy way to specify a log-format is to use -i (which gives you a log-format of %i %n%L). Or choose your own set of format options. ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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CVS update: rsync/patches
Date: Tue Jul 19 21:28:36 2005 Author: wayned Update of /data/cvs/rsync/patches In directory dp.samba.org:/tmp/cvs-serv7631 Modified Files: pre-post-exec.diff Log Message: Added a few more environment variables. Revisions: pre-post-exec.diff 1.3 = 1.4 http://www.samba.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/rsync/patches/pre-post-exec.diff?r1=1.3r2=1.4 ___ rsync-cvs mailing list rsync-cvs@lists.samba.org https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync-cvs
