Linux Punk wrote at about 16:53:09 -0600 on Wednesday, October 22, 2008: > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am using the rsync-method to back up the C-drive on a WinXP machine. > > I have cygwin ssh & rsync installed on the remote machine. > > > > > > The backup repeatedly stalls after backing up: > > .file_store_32/runescape/main_file_cache.dat1 > > and in the middle (presumably) of backing up: > > .file_store_32/runescape/main_file_cache.dat2 > > This occurs only about a dozen files into the backup. > > > I found this to be a bug with rsync launched from ssh. Even outside of > Backuppc we consistently found problems with rsync tunneled inside of > ssh. We would've liked to use ssh to encrypt all of our backups, but > ended up going with the straight rsyncd instead, which has worked > great.
I guess what I don't understand is why it works when I manually run rsync over ssh. The only difference that I can see is that when I run it manually I don't use the "--server --sender" flags but instead use rsync root@<target>. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
