rsync - Apr 2007 - overflow error

Hello all,

I'm having a problem with an overflow error and I was hoping to get some
help.

The client is Red Hat ES 3 running kernel version 2.4.21-4.ELsmp, rsync version
2.5.6

The server is Novell 6.5 SP6 running rsync version 2.6.3

I'm consistently getting the following error on the receiving end (server):

overflow:  flags=0x69 l1=110 12=1633837871 lastname= 
ERROR: buffer overflow in receive_file_entry
rsync error: error allocating core memory buffers (code 22) at util.c(147)


Thanks for any help.


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David Harfst
Senior Systems Engineer - Information Systems
CMS, Inc.   - http://www.cmsrtp.com

On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 02:22:46PM -0500, David Harfst
wrote:
> overflow:  flags=0x69 l1=110 12=1633837871 lastname= 
> ERROR: buffer overflow in receive_file_entry
> rsync error: error allocating core memory buffers (code 22) at util.c(147)
That's indicates that something in the protocol got corrupted.  You
might try upgrading to 2.6.9.  If you're using -z (--compress), try
leaving that option off and see if the error goes away.  If none of
that helps, you may need to check if your remote-shell connection is
transmitting the bytes accurately.  There's a program in the support
directory of the rsync source named savetransfer that can be used to
save a copy of the data that is being sent and the data that is being
received, allowing you to compare it for corruptions.

..wayne..