Re: Bug#306368: filter rules are too modern for remote rsync (which is 2.5.6)

2005-04-26 Thread Paul Slootman
I received the following bug report for the Debian rsync package today. I wouldn't have expected 2.6.4 to refuse to talk to even a 2.6.2 in this way... Perhaps Wayne could comment? Paul Slootman On Tue 26 Apr 2005, Alexey Feldgendler wrote: Rsync fails to push filters to the the remote host

[Bug 2647] --exclude options work from commandline but not in script

2005-04-26 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2647 --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-04-26 06:27 --- That is an interesting suggestion and one I dismissed out of hand. However, it is possible and I will evaluate that possibility. Thank you. I have removed the single

RE: All the feature requests... A better way?

2005-04-26 Thread Eli
Scott wrote: Perhaps an rsync 'job' file could be used instead of everything coming from command line switches and separate file lists. Kind of like rsyncd.conf but not for server mode. A typical config style layout where multiline include and exclude list can be placed along with all other

Re: Bug#306368: filter rules are too modern for remote rsync (which is 2.5.6)

2005-04-26 Thread Wayne Davison
On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 10:25:14AM +0200, Paul Slootman wrote: I wouldn't have expected 2.6.4 to refuse to talk to even a 2.6.2 in this way... It shouldn't, and (interestingly) it wouldn't have if --delete had been specified (apparently I did all my backward-compatibility testing using

Re: All the feature requests... A better way?

2005-04-26 Thread Scott Becker
Eli wrote: Scott wrote: Perhaps an rsync 'job' file could be used instead of everything coming from command line switches and separate file lists. Kind of like rsyncd.conf but not for server mode. A typical config style layout where multiline include and exclude list can be placed along with

Re: Bug#306368: filter rules are too modern for remote rsync (which is 2.5.6)

2005-04-26 Thread Paul Slootman
On Tue 26 Apr 2005, Wayne Davison wrote: On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 10:25:14AM +0200, Paul Slootman wrote: I wouldn't have expected 2.6.4 to refuse to talk to even a 2.6.2 in this way... It shouldn't, and (interestingly) it wouldn't have if --delete had been specified (apparently I did all

RE: All the feature requests... A better way?

2005-04-26 Thread Eli
Scott wrote: If it supported a job file then I would probably use it. It would make setting up and maintaining cron triggered syncs a little eaiser to maintain and keep organized. I think that what you want might also be easier to independantly implement with job file support. Well I

[Bug 2647] --exclude options work from commandline but not in script

2005-04-26 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2647 --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-04-26 12:55 --- Hrm. Well, that suggestion didn't appear to work. The command that was run now was: /usr/bin/rsync -v --progress --delete --stats --exclude=/proc/ --exclude=/sys/

Need Help with rsyncd.conf

2005-04-26 Thread VC123
What do this uid =0 anfd gid = 0 mean? Can it pose any security issues. Thanks, VC [root] path = / auth users = XXX secrets file = /usr/local/etc/rsyncd.secrets uid = 0 gid = 0 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of

RE: Need Help with rsyncd.conf

2005-04-26 Thread Tony
root access (root by any name is UID 0) can read and write anything anywhere You might add stuff like list = false read only = true depending on what access you need -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of VC123 Sent: Tuesday,

RE: Need Help with rsyncd.conf

2005-04-26 Thread VC123
Thnaks for yr reply.How can I restrict the client to not be able to upload any file or write any file if rsyncd.conf contains uid=0 and gid=0 ? Thanks, VC --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: root access (root by any name is UID 0) can read and write anything anywhere You might add stuff like

RE: Need Help with rsyncd.conf

2005-04-26 Thread Tony
[root] is one of several. Simplest and easiest is to have several of them each able to do (only) what it needs to do. Limits the damage due to fumblefingers, probably the greatest real threat. If all of the stuff belongs to one user, then UID = user GID = user prevents a lot of problems.

[Bug 2654] New: timeout is always triggered with 2.6.4

2005-04-26 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2654 Summary: timeout is always triggered with 2.6.4 Product: rsync Version: 2.6.4 Platform: All OS/Version: Windows XP Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P3

RE: All the feature requests... A better way?

2005-04-26 Thread Tim Conway
Need I remind you that the source code is freely-available? Implement the algorithm in perl, use that as a module, and build others around it. The world needs more heroes. 73, Tim Conway Unix System Administration Contractor - IBM Global Services - ODCS desk:3039240938 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To

{ADV} I am trying to reach YOU

2005-04-26 Thread Jim Kennedy
Greetings, My name is Jim Kennedy, and I am writing you this email from my home here in Staten Island, NY. The reason for this email is that you and I share something in common... At some point in our lives we contemplated or tried to start a home business. Don't worry; I'm not trying to sell

CVS update: rsync

2005-04-26 Thread Wayne Davison
Date: Tue Apr 26 15:24:40 2005 Author: wayned Update of /data/cvs/rsync In directory dp.samba.org:/tmp/cvs-serv19528 Modified Files: exclude.c Log Message: Fixed problem with -C when we're the sender, the remote is using an older protocol, and we're not sending the exclude list (i.e.

CVS update: rsync

2005-04-26 Thread Wayne Davison
Date: Tue Apr 26 15:25:43 2005 Author: wayned Update of /data/cvs/rsync In directory dp.samba.org:/tmp/cvs-serv21844 Modified Files: NEWS Log Message: Mention newest fix. Revisions: NEWS1.285 = 1.286

CVS update: rsync

2005-04-26 Thread Wayne Davison
Date: Tue Apr 26 16:09:03 2005 Author: wayned Update of /data/cvs/rsync In directory dp.samba.org:/tmp/cvs-serv2116 Modified Files: exclude.c Log Message: A slightly better fix than the last one (though it won't make any difference in how the code behaves due to how it is called).

CVS update: rsync/testsuite

2005-04-26 Thread Wayne Davison
Date: Tue Apr 26 16:25:01 2005 Author: wayned Update of /data/cvs/rsync/testsuite In directory dp.samba.org:/tmp/cvs-serv7328 Modified Files: hardlinks.test Log Message: Added a new test to check how we interact with --link-dest and --copy-dest. Revisions: hardlinks.test