cannot create .hosts.b0WX1x : File exists

[Dave Dykstra]

You probably need to set
    read only = no
in rsyncd.conf.

- Dave

On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 04:29:35PM +0100, Rok Krulec wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> when I do:
> /opt/rsync/bin/rsync /etc/hosts targethost::bkp/
> 
> I get:
> cannot create .hosts.b0WX1x : File exists
> 
> I check the targethost and I get empty file .hosts.b0WX1x
> 
> When trying with other targethost-s it works, but on this one it doesn't.
> On the other targethosts I have exactly the same LinuX distribution,
> permissions and users than on the problem targethost.
> I have exactly the same configuration than on the other machines, except
> on probelm targethost I have SCSI hard disk.
> 
> When i strace the rsync --deamon i get:
> 
> 4697  open(".hosts.b0WX1x", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL|0x8000, 0600) = 4
> 4697  open(".hosts.b0WX1x", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL|0x8000, 0600) = -1 EEXIST (File exists)
> 
> It seems like it opens the file ReadWrite and then tries to open it
> readonly. I don't know why. It bangs then.
> 
> Thanks for any hint,
>    Rok Krulec
> 
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