Re: [BackupPC-users] cygwin, ssh, and rsync

Cody Dunne wrote:

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.

Yes, that's what happened to us, too. Like you, we were using rsyncd over tunnels maintained with autossh and that quit working. Now we are able to do it using method "rsync" (not rsyncd) and go directly over ssh with no tunnel.

Trey Nolen

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