On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 13:57 -0800, David Christensen wrote: > Cody Dunne wrote: > > > http://www.cs.umd.edu/~cdunne/projs/backuppc_guide.html > > Which states: > > Regular rsync over SSH doesn't work between Linux and Windows/Cygwin > boxes because of a bug fixed in rsync 3.0 > > > On Debian 4, I see: > > 2009-02-16 13:37:56 r...@p3450 ~ > # rsync --version > rsync version 2.6.9 protocol version 29 > <snip> > > 2009-02-16 13:41:37 r...@p3450 ~ > # ssh -V > OpenSSH_4.3p2 Debian-9etch3, OpenSSL 0.9.8c 05 Sep 2006 > > 2009-02-16 13:57:13 r...@p3450 ~ > # cat /etc/debian_version > 4.0 > > > On Cygwin, I see: > > 2009-02-16 13:40:44 dpchr...@p43400e ~ > $ rsync --version > rsync version 3.0.4 protocol version 30 > <snip> > > 2009-02-16 13:40:50 dpchr...@p43400e ~ > $ ssh -V > OpenSSH_5.1p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8j 07 Jan 2009 > > > So, it looks like the rsync and ssh binaries in Debian 4.0 are older > versions than those on Cygwin. Debian 5 has ssh 5.1p1-5 and rsync > 3.0.3-2: > > http://packages.debian.org/lenny/openssh-client > > http://packages.debian.org/lenny/rsync > > > If I rebuild the box using Debian 5, should BackupPC work for Windows/ > Cygwin via ssh/ rsync? > > > David > >
Concerning Backuppc and Windows systems, the issues pertained to the interaction of Cygwin rsync < 3.0.0 and AFAIK Backuppc's perl implementation of rsync. If issues remain with a cygwin rsync >= 3.0.0 then upgrading the rsync of the Backuppc server is not the solution as Backuppc provides its own rsync. There was a thread here a while back that noted that cygwin rsync v 3.0.3 appeared to solve the problems that plagued users before with rsync over ssh. My testing confirms that this is so, BUT that issues remain. As others here have noted, large files mysteriously can still cause hiccups and my experience shows that this can happen with both cygwin rsync over ssh and with rsyncd over ssh tunnel. I now want to transfer these troublesome directories to a *nix box to see if I can replicate the problems in a "native" environment. Royden ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
