rsync: push_dir TESTDIR: No such file or directory

[tim.conway at philips.com]

I'm glad it's working.  I wonder what was going on on the destination that 
could be fixed with a reboot... but on a production environment, sometimes 
root cause analysis is a luxury you just can't afford.

I agree.  You *are* using the single-colon syntax, but you've also brought 
up your rsyncd.conf, and are using the -p option.  Maybe rsync should have 
complained about the wrong options, rather than just going ahead and 
working.  There has been some discussion about having rsync refuse to run, 
rather than just silently ignoring meaningless options.  It's low priority 
work, though.

Yes, you CAN rsync to a system that isn't running an rsync daemon.  In 
fact, that is the most common mode.  As the maintainers explain:
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     Once installed you can use rsync to any machine that you can
     use  rsh  to.  rsync uses rsh for its communications, unless
     both the source and destination are local.

     You can also specify an alternative to rsh, either by  using
     the  -e  command  line  option,  or by setting the RSYNC_RSH
     environment variable.

     One common substitute is to use ssh,  which  offers  a  high
     degree of security.

SunOS 5.7           Last change: 25 Jan 2002                    2

User Commands                                            rsync(1)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Some have used ssh to set up port forwarding to the rsyncd, so that the 
restrictions on the remote end rsyncd can be used inside the ssh 
transport, but that's external stuff, not part of the actual program.

Tim Conway
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"Mack, Daemian" <DMack at Tickets.com>
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08/29/2002 12:03 PM

 
        To:     Tim Conway/LMT/SC/PHILIPS at AMEC
"Mack, Daemian" <DMack at Tickets.com>
        cc:     rsync at lists.samba.org
        Subject:        RE: rsync: push_dir TESTDIR: No such file or directory
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> Daemian:  You're mixing two mutually-exclusive modes - rsync 
> over ssh, and 
> rsync over rsync internal TCP transport to an rsyncd.  -e ssh 
> is ignored 
> on rsync to rsyncd, and rsync to rsyncd requires the 
> double-colon("::") 
> representation of the remote.  The --port= is also relevant only to 
> contacting an rsyncd.
> In this case, you are opening an ssh stream, and passing info 
> over that, 
> to a shell.  "MYUSERNAME at MY.SERV.ER.IP:TESTDIR" means 
> external transport to the subdirectory named "TESTDIR" under the 
> home directory of "MYUSERNAME" on machine "MY.SERV.ER.IP".

I'm confused.   I *am* using the single-colon, which, according to the man
page, is the right way to specify "I want to use SSH for this operation,"
which I do.



> So, your rsyncd.conf is also meaningless in this context.

I'm starting to suspect that I can rsync to a machine that literally *does
not have* rsync running in any sort of daemon capacity.  Is this accurate?



> Looking at it from the purpose of successfully doing what 
> your command 
> does, I'd first try
> ssh MY.SERV.ER.IP <-l MYUSERNAME> pwd
> and see if it's what you expect.  You might be landing in a directory 
> where you don't have write perms... It's happenned.

I have tried this, and am landing right where I expect to, in my remote 
home
directory.  The directory I'm specifying to sync with is present and is
me-writable.

In any case, it's working today.  The only change I've made is to reboot 
the
rsync server for an unrelated issue.  I don't know what changed to make it
start working, but at least it is.  ;)  Thanks for the pointers!


Daemian Mack
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