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Re: rsync between windows Opensolaris failures

by Jan-Benedict Glaw :: Rate this Message:

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On Wed, 2009-07-08 12:21:55 -0500, Harry Putnam <reader@...> wrote:

> Can anyone tell me what is wrong in this picture with error output:
>  rsync -nvviirp --inplace harry@harvey:/cygdrive/c/Documents\ And\ Settings ./docs_settings_$(dtf)
> opening connection using ssh harvey -l harry rsync --server --sender -vvnpr --inplace . "/cygdrive/c/Documents And Settings"
> harry@harvey's password:
> protocol version mismatch -- is your shell clean?
> (see the rsync man page for an explanation)
> rsync error: protocol incompatibility (code 2) at compat.c(61)
>  [receiver=2.6.9]
> =========================================
>
> A strait ssh to reader@harvey succeeds but has this output (once past
> passwd):
[...]

Please try:

ssh reader@harvey true | xxd

There should be no output at all. If there is, your shell is not
clean, as rsync said. (That is, there might be something like a
greeting message in non-interactive mode.)

MfG, JBG

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