I've only just seen the response from May 9, as I'm not enrolled in the
list (too much mail already!). Here is a cut-down example as requested,
showing the same behaviour:
 
Script started on Fri May 23 15:18:37 2003
15:18
[220](H:root@Edelfelt)/tmp: ls -l /tmp/testdir
total 32
-rw-r-----   1 root     other          9 May 23 15:15 both
-rw-r-----   1 root     other          7 May 23 14:59 source
[221](H:root@Edelfelt)/tmp: rsh taz ls -l /tmp/testdir
total 32
-rw-r-----   1 root     other          7 May 23 14:59 both
-rw-r--r--   1 root     other          7 May 23 15:17 target
[222](H:root@Edelfelt)/tmp: rsync -navv
--password-file=/etc/rsyncd.passwd --delete /tmp/testdir/
root@Tazdevil::tmp
opening tcp connection to Tazdevil port 873
# Connected to Tazdevil rsync server
 
building file list ... 
expand file_list to 4000 bytes, did move
done
both
source
total: matches=0  tag_hits=0  false_alarms=0 data=0
wrote 177 bytes  read 127 bytes  608.00 bytes/sec
total size is 16  speedup is 0.50
[223](H:root@Edelfelt)/tmp: # No mention of deletion of "target" in
dry
run
[224](H:root@Edelfelt)/tmp: rsync -avv
--password-file=/etc/rsyncd.passwd --delete
/tmp/testdir/ root@Tazdevil::tmp
 
opening tcp connection to Tazdevil port 873
# Connected to Tazdevil rsync server
 
building file list ... 
expand file_list to 4000 bytes, did move
done
both
source
total: matches=0  tag_hits=0  false_alarms=0 data=16
wrote 264 bytes  read 157 bytes  280.67 bytes/sec
total size is 16  speedup is 0.40
[225](H:root@Edelfelt)/tmp: rsh taz ls -l /tmp/testdir
total 32
-rw-r-----   1 root     other          9 May 23 15:15 both
-rw-r-----   1 root     other          7 May 23 14:59 source
[226](H:root@Edelfelt)/tmp: # Again, no mention of deletion, but
"target" has gone.
[227](H:root@Edelfelt)/tmp: 
script done on Fri May 23 15:19:59 2003
 
/etc/rsyncd.conf: 
 
motd file = /etc/rsyncd.motd
log  file = /var/log/rsyncd.log
pid  file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid
 
[tmp]
    comment = Rsync definition for daily copy
    # Distribute following as MBHD and run do_skel on it.
    path = /tmp/testdir
    max connections = 1
    lock file = /var/run/rsync_daily.lock
    uid = root
    gid = root
    read only = no
    list = yes
    auth users = root
    secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets
    hosts allow = 10.5.203.101,10.5.203.103
    dont compress = *.gz *.tgz *.zip *.z *.rpm *.deb *.Z[daily_copy]
 
 
/Sam
 
Sam Sexton <mailto:sam.sexton@reuters.com>  
Reuters Coventry
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Stefan Nehlsen
2003-May-26  20:43 UTC
Deletion of files only on remote system is not logged
Have a look into server logfile. The messages you are missing on the client side appear on the server side. This seems to be a new bug in 2.5.6 cu, Stefan -- Stefan Nehlsen | ParlaNet Administration | sn@parlanet.de | +49 431 988-1260