rsync - Dec 2001 - Upgrade from 2.4.4 to 2.4.6

Hi,

I've had some issues with rsync over ssh with version 2.4.4 which an update
to 2.4.6 fixed. The problem I have now is that machines which do not have a
valid reverse dns entry for their IP addresses get empty directory listings
from the server, even though they can get the module list and the motd each
time. This is what I see in the server's log file for each attempt from
such hosts :

2001/12/13 13:44:29 [29011] reverse name lookup failed
2001/12/13 13:44:29 [29011] forward name lookup failed

Why this behaviour change? I haven't found anything in the man page about
restricting non-resolvable hosts... and now I need help! :-)

I though trying an upgrade to 2.5.0 would be a good idea... but it's worse!
I get : "rsync: read error: Connection reset by peer" from all the
clients
I've tried and also a second line with "rsync error: error in rsync
protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(151)" when accessing the server from
itself (client version 2.5.0 too).

Cheers,
Matthias

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On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 01:52:35PM +0100, Matthias Saou
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've had some issues with rsync over ssh with version 2.4.4 which an
update
> to 2.4.6 fixed. The problem I have now is that machines which do not have a
> valid reverse dns entry for their IP addresses get empty directory listings
> from the server, even though they can get the module list and the motd each
> time. This is what I see in the server's log file for each attempt from
> such hosts :
> 
> 2001/12/13 13:44:29 [29011] reverse name lookup failed
> 2001/12/13 13:44:29 [29011] forward name lookup failed
> 
> Why this behaviour change? I haven't found anything in the man page
about
> restricting non-resolvable hosts... and now I need help! :-)
That message comes from the client_name() function in log.c, which is called
at the beginning of the rsync_module() function in clientserver.c, and 
CVS doesn't show any change between 2.4.4 and 2.4.6.  I don't think
they're
fatal.


> I though trying an upgrade to 2.5.0 would be a good idea... but it's
worse!
> I get : "rsync: read error: Connection reset by peer" from all
the clients
> I've tried and also a second line with "rsync error: error in
rsync
> protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(151)" when accessing the server
from
> itself (client version 2.5.0 too).
2.5.0 has a big problem with --daemon which is fixed in all the 2.5.1pre*
versions under the "preview" directory on the download site.

- Dave Dykstra