Re: rsync hangs on big transfer Debian 5.0.3 pulling from WinXP SP3/ Cygwin 1.5.25
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 09:37:22PM -0800, David Christensen wrote:
> Debian Users, Cygwin, & Rsync:
>
> I'm having trouble with rsync invoked on Debian 5.0.3 pulling files from
> Windows XP SP3/ Cygwin 1.5.25. I posted to the Debian User and Cygwin
> mailing lists [1] and thought I was done two days ago, but I wasn't --
> after several hours of use of the Windows machine, rsync would again
> hang on Debian.
>
>From my experience on the backuppc mailing list, most people seem to
have trouble with rsync over ssh on Cygwin. The solution most people
use is to switch to rsyncd. If you need encryption, run it over an ssh
tunnel. For some reason this combination seems to be more reliable than
plain rsync over ssh.
-Rob
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