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[Travis Fraser]

On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 23:06 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 22:47, Travis Fraser wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Openssh is pretty easy to setup with cygwin. I have been using that to
> > > > pull rsync backups from a Windows XP Pro box.
> > > 
> > > Are you saying that you are running a remote rsync started by cygwin
> > > sshd?  I've been trying to get that to work for years.  Or are you
> > > port-forwarding through ssh to rsync in daemon mode?
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have been doing the former, but with small amounts of data no more
> > than 20 or 30 MB. I have discovered though, that often the transfer
> > dies. I can't figure out if it is the amount of data, or what.
> 
> It's a bug and the time when it stalls seems to be unpredictable.
> Running rsync in daemon mode will work, and if necessary you can
> use ssh port-forwarding to connect to it.  It's odd because about
> everything else works as you would expect under sshd.
Are there any known work-arounds other than running rsync in daemon
mode?
-- 
Travis Fraser <travis at snowpatch.net>