Protocol negotiation issue in rsync

Kevin Korb kmk at sanitarium.net
Tue Sep 24 21:01:57 CEST 2013


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Maybe you want rrsync instead of rssh?  It comes with rysnc.

On 09/24/13 14:43, Andrew Daviel wrote:
> 
> 
> I was trying to use rsync to send files to a fileserver using an
> rssh restricted server.
> 
> It refuses, saying that trying to override the shell with -e is 
> forbidden. I didn't type "-e".
> 
> When I look at the source, I see /* Checking the pre-negotiated
> value allows --protocol=29 override. */ if (protocol_version >= 30)
> { /* We make use of the -e option to let the server know about *
> any pre-release protocol version && some behavior flags. */ 
> argstr[x++] = 'e';
> 
> The server is using version 26 and probably doesn't support -e.s
> anyway. Why is rsync ignoring the negotiated protocol version and
> sending unsupported options ?
> 
> 

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