On 3/20/2011 2:07 PM, Steven R. Gerber wrote: > I want to do local/remote mirror/backup (or should that be local-mirror > / offsite-backup). > So a two-part question: > 1. Even if there is a timeout, shouldn't the job/process exit? > ****************************************************************************** > rdist@thedump: thedump: /mnt/mirror2/public/read_only/movies: chown from > rdist:operator to cdripper:operator > rdist@thedump: thedump: > /mnt/mirror2/public/read_only/movies/The_Thomas_Crown_Affair_1999: chown > from rdist:operator to root:operator > rdist@thedump: > /mnt/stripe2/public/read_only/movies/The_Thomas_Crown_Affair_1999/THOMAS_CROWN_AFFAIR_16X9.md5: > updating > rdist@thedump: > /mnt/stripe2/public/read_only/movies/The_Thomas_Crown_Affair_1999/THOMAS_CROWN_AFFAIR_16X9.iso: > installing > rdist@thedump: LOCAL ERROR: Response time out > rdist@thedump: updating of rdist@thedump finished > $ ps -ax|grep rdist > 26025 ?? I 0:00.00 tee /var/log/rdist/2011-03-20 > 11059 ?? I 0:00.01 rdist -f /etc/Distfile > 28446 ?? I 0:22.99 rdist: update rdist@thedump (rdist) > 7795 ?? I 1:10.32 ssh -l rdist thedump r > 13045 p0 S+ 0:00.00 grep rdist > ****************************************************************************** > 2. I know that they happen from time to time. How can I avoid/prevent > timeouts? The default is 900 sec AKA 15 min? How can this happen > between two local machines? > > Thanks. > > >
Sorry to reply to myself, but I really need help with this. The movies always timeout via rdist. If I transfer the movies myself via sftp then there are no timeouts. The processes continue to accumulate everyday unless I manually kill them. I know that I am missing something. Should I edit /etc/daily to turn on debugging? Please/Thanks.
