Re: rsync down

On 10/5/14 16:58, Raymond Toy wrote:
> On 10/5/14 2:18 AM, Mark Evenson wrote:
>> On 10/5/14 0:41, Raymond Toy wrote:
>>> As the subject says, rsync appears to be down.
>>>
>>> I've been using rsync to do periodic backups of cmucl, so can we get
>>> rsync  restored?
>>>
>> Hmmm.  The 'rsync' binary is still present:
>>
>> what do you mean by "rsync" is down?  Did you use  something other than
>> "rsync through ssh connection"?
>>
> Sorry, I should have been clearer.  I've had a cronjob for years that
> basically does:
> 
> rsync -av rsync://common-lisp.net/project/cmucl/cvsroot cmucl/cvsroot
> 
> When I run this now, I get this error:

Indeed rsyncd is not running as a service.

Any reason you don't simply change your usage to:

    rsync -avz [email protected]:/project/cmucl/cvsroot cmucl/cvsroot

using "rsync over ssh" instead of "rsyncd"?

I've never used rsyncd before, as I understand it to be more intended
for one-to-many (i.e. public mirrors) than one-to-one (i.e. differential
backup) use cases.

If there is some reason that "rsync over ssh" won't work for you, holler
back with some arguments with which I will escalate to discussion with
the other admins.

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