"error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(150)" revisited

[Herta Van den Eynde]

Oops, I noticed I ran the command with the wrong rsync:

Here's the proper error:

bb> /usr/local/bin/rsync -a ccf.txt 
bbcom at tobias:/www2/virtualhosts/toledo/bbcom/
tobias.cc.kuleuven.ac.be: Connection refused
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far)
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(150)

(fwiiw the command in the original message ran against rsync version 
2.4.6  protocol version 24)

Sorry for the confusion.

Herta

Herta Van den Eynde wrote:

> I browsed the web and the archive, and apart from someone asking whether 
> anyone else had rsync problems after installing OpenSSH 3.4, I came up 
> empty.
> Can anyone point me in the right direction to debug this?  I've got over 
> 50 GB to keep in sync, and don't know of another elegant way to do it.
> 
> Environment:
> source system = bb:
> - Linux version 2.4.7-10smp (bhcompile at stripples.devel.redhat.com) (gcc 
> version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-98))
> - OpenSSH_3.4p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090602f
> - rsync  version 2.5.5  protocol version 26
> target system = tobias:
> - Linux version 2.4.17 (root at www-100) (gcc version 2.95.4 (Debian 
> prerelease))
> - OpenSSH_3.4p1 Debian 1:3.4p1-1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x00906
> - rsync version 2.5.6cvs  protocol version 2603f
> Neither system uses an rsync daemon.
> 
> Here's the command and the resulting error:
> 
> bb> ls -l ccf.txt
> -rw-r--r--    1 bbuser   bbuser         46 Jul  2 12:02 ccf.txt
> bb> echo $RSYNC_SSH
> /usr/local/bin/rsync -i /home/bbuser/.ssh/bbcom-id-dsa
> bb> rsync -a ccf.txt bbcom at tobias:/www2/virtualhosts/toledo/bbcom/
> tobias.cc.kuleuven.ac.be: Connection refused
> unexpected EOF in read_timeout
> 
> ssh by itself works as expected:
> 
> bb>  ssh -i ~/.ssh/bbcom-id-dsa -l bbcom tobias cat 
> /www2/virtualhosts/toledo/bbcom/t.txt
> Hello from tobias
> bb>  ssh -i ~/.ssh/bbcom-id-dsa -l bbcom tobias date
> Tue Oct  1 15:49:21 CEST 2002
> 
> And scp proves I can write in the target directory as well:
> 
> bb> scp -i  ~/.ssh/bbcom-id-dsa ccf.txt 
> bbcom at tobias:/www2/virtualhosts/toledo/bbcom/
> ccf.txt              100% |*****************************|    46       00:00
> 
> Any help greatly appreciated.
> 
> Herta Van den Eynde
>