rsync - Jun 2005 - rsync .gz files?

I've run across a situation where I have a directory of .gz files.  I do
want to rsync this directory.

I've tried without the --compress (because they are already compressed) but
the files never get rsynced.

Interactively, I get the following error:
:rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(1045)

In the /etc/rsyncd.log, for each of the files, I get:
send_files failed to open /backup/exp_dbase_2005-06-2
8.gz: Permission denied

My command is:
rsync --verbose  --progress --stats --rsh=/usr/bin/ssh --recursive --delete
prsvr01::prod-db/backup/* /prod/db/backup

My module on the source host is:
[prod-db]
   path = /prod/db
   comment = /prod/db
   uid = nobody
   gid = nobody
   read only = yes
   list = yes
   auth users = root
   secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.scrt
   hosts allow = 192.168.2.101

What am I missing?

Thanks,
Diane

On Wed 29 Jun 2005, Diane Rolland wrote:
> 
> Interactively, I get the following error:
> :rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(1045)
> 
> In the /etc/rsyncd.log, for each of the files, I get:
> send_files failed to open /backup/exp_dbase_2005-06-2
> 8.gz: Permission denied
So it seems that the sending side isn't allowed to open the files in
question.
> My command is:
> rsync --verbose  --progress --stats --rsh=/usr/bin/ssh --recursive --delete
> prsvr01::prod-db/backup/* /prod/db/backup
Tip: leave off the '*', you're already telling rsync to be
recursive.
> My module on the source host is:
> [prod-db]
>    path = /prod/db
>    comment = /prod/db
>    uid = nobody
Is user 'nobody' allowed to read those files?


Paul Slootman

Hello all.

I would more suspect the gzip behaviour that changes the file
permissioning during compression.... And can also let both files:
 xxx AND xxx.gz after an error... I have found such  unexpected files on
nfs systems.

By the way I am interested in a method where  I could avoid to
 send .gz files if the uncompressed version exists on remote
In other term a way to use rsync to compare compressed and not
compressed files.
Is there a way to tell rsync to use an external comparison program ?
As there is a --size-only option, there is no --date-only option...

Thanks and regards
Francois


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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:35:31 +0200
From: Paul Slootman <paul@debian.org>
Subject: Re: rsync .gz files?
To: rsync@lists.samba.org
Message-ID: <20050630083530.GA5838@wurtel.net>
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On Wed 29 Jun 2005, Diane Rolland wrote:
> 
> Interactively, I get the following error:
> :rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at 
> main.c(1045)
> 
> In the /etc/rsyncd.log, for each of the files, I get:
> send_files failed to open /backup/exp_dbase_2005-06-2
> 8.gz: Permission denied
So it seems that the sending side isn't allowed to open the files in
question.
> My command is:
> rsync --verbose  --progress --stats --rsh=/usr/bin/ssh --recursive 
> --delete
> prsvr01::prod-db/backup/* /prod/db/backup
Tip: leave off the '*', you're already telling rsync to be
recursive.
> My module on the source host is:
> [prod-db]
>    path = /prod/db
>    comment = /prod/db
>    uid = nobody
Is user 'nobody' allowed to read those files?


Paul Slootman




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