Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC and Windows/ Cygwin clients via ssh/ rsync
2009-02-16 19:26:55
David Christensen wrote at about 13:57:11 -0800 on Monday, February 16, 2009:
> Cody Dunne wrote:
>
> > http://www.cs.umd.edu/~cdunne/projs/backuppc_guide.html
>
> Which states:
>
> Regular rsync over SSH doesn't work between Linux and Windows/Cygwin
> boxes because of a bug fixed in rsync 3.0
>
>
> On Debian 4, I see:
>
> 2009-02-16 13:37:56 root@p3450 ~
> # rsync --version
> rsync version 2.6.9 protocol version 29
> <snip>
>
> 2009-02-16 13:41:37 root@p3450 ~
> # ssh -V
> OpenSSH_4.3p2 Debian-9etch3, OpenSSL 0.9.8c 05 Sep 2006
>
> 2009-02-16 13:57:13 root@p3450 ~
> # cat /etc/debian_version
> 4.0
>
>
> On Cygwin, I see:
>
> 2009-02-16 13:40:44 dpchrist@p43400e ~
> $ rsync --version
> rsync version 3.0.4 protocol version 30
> <snip>
>
> 2009-02-16 13:40:50 dpchrist@p43400e ~
> $ ssh -V
> OpenSSH_5.1p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8j 07 Jan 2009
>
>
> So, it looks like the rsync and ssh binaries in Debian 4.0 are older
> versions than those on Cygwin. Debian 5 has ssh 5.1p1-5 and rsync
> 3.0.3-2:
>
> http://packages.debian.org/lenny/openssh-client
>
> http://packages.debian.org/lenny/rsync
>
>
> If I rebuild the box using Debian 5, should BackupPC work for Windows/
> Cygwin via ssh/ rsync?
>
No the problem is the perl library perl-File-RsyncP does not work with
protocol 30 (the rsync 3.0 protocol) so it reverts to the older
protocol which has issues with various Windows files.
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