rsync - Apr 2003 - unexplained error (code 255) at main.c(1045)

I'm trying to use rsync (2.5.6 on both sides) to copy a home directory from
one system (Solaris 2.6) to another (Solaris 9); the command is running on the
Sol9 version and is fetching files; I'm using rsync with SSH, rather than in
client/server mode.

The command line I've used is:
rsync --archive --verbose --rsh=ssh rsr@fold:/home/rsr /home

I've attempted this both as the rsr user and as the root user (thinking that
perhaps the fact it overwrites my ~/.ssh directory is the reason it tweaks).

The error I get, invariably, but not at consistent points in the transfer, is:
rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at main.c(1045)

Which is, unfortunately, a rather vague error.

I've searched Google/Google-groups and the FAQ.  main.c(1045)is just an exit
statement, so it's not all that useful.

Any suggestions as to what I may do differently?

-roy

I see the same thing with rsync 2.5.6 over Solaris 9 and ssh. I changed to using
rsh and the error goes away. Not a good long term solution, but useful for
debug.

Something is goofy with the rsync and solaris 9 ssh -- timing or process
termination problem?

eric



"Roy S. Rapoport" wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to use rsync (2.5.6 on both sides) to copy a home directory
from
> one system (Solaris 2.6) to another (Solaris 9); the command is running on
the
> Sol9 version and is fetching files; I'm using rsync with SSH, rather
than in
> client/server mode.
> 
> The command line I've used is:
> rsync --archive --verbose --rsh=ssh rsr@fold:/home/rsr /home
> 
> I've attempted this both as the rsr user and as the root user (thinking
that
> perhaps the fact it overwrites my ~/.ssh directory is the reason it
tweaks).
> 
> The error I get, invariably, but not at consistent points in the transfer,
is:
> rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at main.c(1045)
> 
> Which is, unfortunately, a rather vague error.
> 
> I've searched Google/Google-groups and the FAQ.  main.c(1045)is just an
exit
> statement, so it's not all that useful.
> 
> Any suggestions as to what I may do differently?
> 
> -roy
> 
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Try using the --blocking-io option.

-----Original Message-----
From: Roy S. Rapoport [mailto:rsync@ols.inorganic.org]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 11:10 AM
To: rsync@lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: unexplained error (code 255) at main.c(1045)


On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Eric Whiting wrote:
> I see the same thing with rsync 2.5.6 over Solaris 9 and ssh. I changed to
using
> rsh and the error goes away. Not a good long term solution, but useful for
> debug.
>
> Something is goofy with the rsync and solaris 9 ssh -- timing or process
> termination problem?
FWIW, the issue here seems to definitely be the SSH included in Solaris 9,
rather than Solaris 9 and its interaction with SSH.  In other words, I tried
using OpenSSH (3.6p1) on Solaris 9, and it gave no problems -- so there's a
slightly better long-term solution, until Sun gets around to doing something
about it (or rsync works around it).

-roy

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