Timothy J. Massey wrote: > Hello! > > I have a consistent, reproducable failure performing an rsync of an > RHEL4 system running rsync in daemon mode with iptables enabled. With > iptables disabled, or with a rule that explicitly allows all traffic, > the rsync completes. However, with iptalbes enabled, the rsync > starts, but will not finish. It fails after copying a seemingly > random amount of data. Could it be you're hitting a iptables session timeout setting? e.g. if (during a rsync transfer) rsync "hangs" while reading in a large directory listing, iptables may decide that tcp session is dead. Then when tcp packets start flowing again, iptables sees them as part of a new tcp session - and they're not part of an existing session - so they're rejected.
ethereal/wireshark should be able to prove that. (however, I think all the "hanging" rsync does is right back in the beginning - which doesn't match your symptoms) -- Cheers Jason Haar Information Security Manager, Trimble Navigation Ltd. Phone: +64 3 9635 377 Fax: +64 3 9635 417 PGP Fingerprint: 7A2E 0407 C9A6 CAF6 2B9F 8422 C063 5EBB FE1D 66D1 -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
