rsync - Jun 2004 - error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165)

I am recieving a connection unexpectedly closed error while trying to 
sync a directory on two machines.  Rsync is in my path on both 
machines.  I am using ssh and I can connect to the server fine through 
ssh.  I am using a vpn but have no problems connecting to any of the 
servers with it.  This is the full error message I get:

Remote Machine: Connection refused
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far)
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165)

Here is the command I am using


rsync -r --timeout=600 user@remote machine:/opt/u91/scripts/sqlpath/* 
/home/oracle/sqlpath

I am a new user to rsync and any suggestions or help would be much 
appreciated.

Thanks
Nick Sylvester

On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 11:47:32AM -0600, Nick Sylvester
wrote:
> Remote Machine: Connection refused
This is the important part -- the connection to the remote machine was
refused.  My guess would be because it's trying to use rsh, not ssh,
however you don't have to guess -- just run rsync with -vv and you'll
see exactly what rsync is doing (or trying to do).

If my guess is correct, see the --rsh (-e) option as well as the
RSYNC_RSH environment variable.

..wayne..

> I am recieving a connection unexpectedly closed error while trying to 
> sync a directory on two machines.  Rsync is in my path on both 
> machines.  I am using ssh and I can connect to the server fine through 
> ssh.  I am using a vpn but have no problems connecting to any of the 
> servers with it.  This is the full error message I get:
> Remote Machine: Connection refused
This looks like an rsh or ssh problem.

Old versions of rsync uses by default rsh while the recent ones uses ssh.
> rsync -r --timeout=600 user@remote machine:/opt/u91/scripts/sqlpath/* 
> /home/oracle/sqlpath
Try this instead to see precisely what command rsync runs on the remote
machine:

rsync -vv -r --timeout=600 user@remote machine:/opt/u91/scripts/sqlpath/ \
  /home/oracle/sqlpath

If your version of rsync uses rsh, force then to use ssh vith:

  --rsh=ssh

Note: It's better to use sqlpath/ instead of sqlpath/* in your command:

  o  To prevent an eventual arg list too long on the remote
  o  To be able to use --delete if you want an exact mirror of the
sqlpath directory

You may also want to use the --archive option.

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I get the same error even after taking the advise from the subsequent
posts to this message and other message stateing "error in rsync
protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165)" . 

The one thing that i have noticed is that is only errors when the size
of the directory on the remote machine exceeds 65GB. if it's 66GB the
transfer will fail half way through. The files i'm transfering are BKF
files from veritas backup exec and they range from 2-4GB each. In
addition my --timeout period is set to "4000"


So with that said if i keep the folder under 65GB i have no problems
what so ever. Also both machines taking part in this process are 2.4ghz
and have 512mb or pc-3200.


Thanks
Edward




On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 13:47, Nick Sylvester wrote:
> I am recieving a connection unexpectedly closed error while trying to 
> sync a directory on two machines.  Rsync is in my path on both 
> machines.  I am using ssh and I can connect to the server fine through 
> ssh.  I am using a vpn but have no problems connecting to any of the 
> servers with it.  This is the full error message I get:
> 
> Remote Machine: Connection refused
> rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far)
> rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165)
> 
> Here is the command I am using
> 
> 
> rsync -r --timeout=600 user@remote machine:/opt/u91/scripts/sqlpath/* 
> /home/oracle/sqlpath
> 
> I am a new user to rsync and any suggestions or help would be much 
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> Nick Sylvester