On 2/6/2010 2:18 PM, Trey Nolen wrote:
> I don't know if this has been mentioned on the list or not, but the new
> Cygwin seems to have fixed the long standing bug that prevents rsync
> from running in server mode over ssh.   Now, we are able to use the
> method "rsync" instead of "rsyncd".  This means that we no longer have
> to maintain persistent SSH tunnels for our backups of Windows
> machines.   The "rsync" method also seems to be faster for us on WANs as
> well.   Just wanted to let everyone know if this hasn't been brought up.
>
>
> Trey Nolen

I've had the reverse happen to me -- after the upgrade from Cygwin 
1.5.25 to 1.7.1 my rscynd backups over pre-established ssh tunnels 
started hanging randomly after ~24 minutes. I've reinstalled Cygwin, 
installed on fresh Win 7 machines, turned off all anti-virus and 
firewalls, and still can't eliminate the problem. It is definitely an 
rsyncd issue and not a ssh one as the tunnel stays up and active waiting.

I'll give rsync over ssh a try again, though.

Cody

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