two-way synchronization accross a firewall fails

[Tim Harsch]

This was somehow related to the fact that I was su'd to root, but not with
root env ie. "su --"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Harsch" <harsch1 at llnl.gov>
To: <rsync at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 11:46 AM
Subject: two-way synchronization accross a firewall fails


> machine O is outside firewall, machine I is inside (machine names changed
to
> protect the innocent :-)
>
> firewall allows ssh connections if inititiated from I to O, but not if the
> other way.
>
> both machines have an /etc/rsyncd.conf of:
> [rt]
>      path = /tmp/rsync_test
>      comment = Test area
>
> O runs rsync daemon, I initiates a rsync cammnad like
> rsync -rvvv --delete --rsh=ssh O::rt /tmp/rsync_test
>
> which works great, but when flipped and run on machine I, like so:
> rsync -rvvv --delete --rsh=ssh /tmp/rsync_test  O::rt
>
> we get
> rsync -rvvv --delete --rsh=ssh /tmp/rsync_test O::rt
> opening connection using ssh O rsync --server --daemon .
> root at est.llnl.gov's password:
> building file list ...
> [sender] make_file(rsync_test,*,2)
> [sender] expand file_list to 131072 bytes, did move
> [sender] make_file(rsync_test/t,*,2)
> [sender] make_file(rsync_test/core,*,2)
> [sender] clearing per-dir .cvsignore exclude list
> done
> send_file_list done
> send_files starting
> rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (28 bytes read so far)
> rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(342)
> _exit_cleanup(code=12, file=io.c, line=342): about to call exit(12)
>
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