Hi,

Charles Belarmino wrote on 2013-10-22 10:32:50 +0800 [[BackupPC-users] rsync]:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 5:13 AM
> To: General list for user discussion, questions and support
> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Repeated error on more than one client; rsync 
> timeout
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Hans Kraus <hans AT hanswkraus DOT com> 
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I get on more than one client the error in /var/log/syslog:
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > rsync error: timeout in data send/receive (code 30) at io.c(137) 
> > [sender=3.0.9]
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > which then leads to the backuppc error: backup failed (Child exited 
> > prematurely).
> >
> > This happens for incremental and full backups.
> >
> > I'm using rsyncd as transfer method. [...]
> 
> I think that the ClientTimeOut setting [...] isn't reset
> on activity and becomes the total timeout for the run. [...]
> 
> Also rsync can have long periods of idle time reading blocks [...] If the
> connection goes through a NAT gateway or a stateful firewall, the devices
> may time the connection out and be blocked.
> [...]
> 
> -----Reply Message-----
> From: Charles Belarmino
>
> I am currently configuring my backuppc using rsync but the error is
> "Error connecting to rsync daemon at host:873:inet connect: Interrupted
> system call".

that sounds like a quite different matter. For a timeout to happen, you would
first need to be connected.

>  Can you please help me on this?

Frankly, experience indicates otherwise.

> I am bewildered by some of the ideas that I got from the internet.

Rest assured, that's mutual.

Regards,
Holger

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