-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: rdist times out but will not die Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:49:01 +1300 From: Richard Toohey <richardtoo...@paradise.net.nz> To: Steven R. Gerber <sger...@gerber-systems.com> CC: t...@openbsd.org
On 24/03/2011, at 4:06 PM, Steven R. Gerber wrote: > 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_CROW N_AFFAIR_16X9.md5: >> updating >> rdist@thedump: >> /mnt/stripe2/public/read_only/movies/The_Thomas_Crown_Affair_1999/THOMAS_CROW N_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? How big is the file? Sure it is not *something* like this? https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IY85396 client.c 869 /* 870 * Parse size 871 */ 872 size = (off_t) strtol(cp, (char **)&cp, 10); *Maybe* that strtol() should be strtoll()? Anyway, don't I think tech@ is necessarily the list for this - misc@ or file a bug. And/or keep debugging & digging - the source is all there! HTH. >> >> 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.
