Re: timeout on rsync of address@hidden::var-lib-debbugs

[Michael Albinus]

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:

> Hello,

Hi Ricardo,

> for issues.guix.gnu.org / 141.80.181.40 we’ve been granted rsync access
> to the raw debbugs mail data.  A couple of days ago we noticed that
> rsync access keeps timing out intermittently.
>
> We aren’t sure yet if this is due to a change in the firewall at the
> data centre or due to a change on the debbugs side.
>
> Could you please confirm that rsync access is still granted to the IP
> above?

On debbugs.gnu.org, we have both in /var/log/syslog:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
Jul 18 13:31:50 debbugs rsyncd[29822]: rsync: read error: Connection timed out 
(110)
Jul 18 13:31:50 debbugs rsyncd[29822]: rsync error: error in socket IO (code 
10) at io.c(785) [sender=3.1.1]
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
Jul 18 13:44:54 debbugs rsyncd[22162]: name lookup failed for 141.80.181.40: 
Name or service not known
Jul 18 13:44:54 debbugs rsyncd[22162]: connect from UNKNOWN (141.80.181.40)
Jul 18 13:44:54 debbugs rsyncd[22162]: rsync on var-lib-debbugs/ from 
debbugs-var@UNKNOWN (141.80.181.40)
Jul 18 13:44:55 debbugs rsyncd[22162]: building file list
Jul 18 13:47:05 debbugs rsyncd[22162]: sent 7726944 bytes  received 78430 bytes 
 total size 17668157604
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I have no idea, where the timeout comes from.

/etc/rsyncd.conf hasn't been changed for more than 3 years, 141.80.181.40
is in the "hosts allow" list.

I'm not fluent with rsyncd, perhaps it helps to increase the verbosity,
and see what it says.

Well, we have a lack of administrators on debbugs.gnu.org. What if
somebody from the guix project volunteers to help?

> Thank you!

Best regards, Michael.