2023.07.26 14:48 "[Tiff] libtiff files rsync from upload.osgeo.org no longer works", by Bob Friesenhahn

For the past two days, upload.osgeo.org no longer responds properly to anonymous rsync requests at 'rsync://upload.osgeo.org/download/libtiff/', which corresponds to TCP port 873.

Rsync is useful for sites which want to automatically mirror the libtiff distribution and test files, with a minimum of overhead.

I have enough access to the server to verify that the rsync configuration (/etc/rsyncd.conf) is still present and that rsync should be started via a legacy init script (/etc/init.d/rsync).

I am able to test rsync using its script and it does report a problem for the past two days:

bfriesen@download:/etc/init.d$ /etc/init.d/rsync status
● rsync.service - fast remote file copy program daemon
      Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rsync.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
      Active: failed (Result: signal) since Mon 2023-07-24 00:52:22 UTC; 2 days ago
        Docs: man:rsync(1)
              man:rsyncd.conf(5)
     Process: 99 ExecStart=/usr/bin/rsync --daemon --no-detach (code=killed, signal=KILL)
    Main PID: 99 (code=killed, signal=KILL)

Warning: some journal files were not opened due to insufficient permissions.bfriesen@download:/etc/init.d

A system administrator is needed to investigate and fix this issue. Perhaps there might be other server issues as well.

Bob

Bob Friesenhahn
bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/
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