problem with rdist and chmod call

[bit_bucket]

I have an 11.23 server that I am attempting to rdist data to. The boxes which I am rdisting from are 11.00 and 11.11. Whenever it rdists anything over, I get an error message towards the end like the following:
Note: : chown failed (f_chmog): file : Invalid argument. On another server with the same setup and identical binaries, I am not having any troubles like this. Anyone have any idea what could be causing this?

[KFU$KER]

This would require a request. Send it to the place for the other ones to apply a constraint.


dhh dhhfy djjdj dkkfjdhs kdkdjf to 1001 2883 477464 5 w r w www w rrr www rrr r r r

yes no

[Michael Steele_2]

rdist won't work unless the same versions exist on each machine.

[bit_bucket]

I thought that this may be the issue, however I have the same setup at another location with the different versions of rdist and it works without error, so there may be more to this than that.

[spex]

bit_bucket,

Just because the command worked on one group of systems does not mean that it will work on all similar configurations. You are are using rdist in an unsupported manner, so it is no surprise that it fails.

Having said that, you could do a little investigation. Compare ownership & permissions of the file that errored to the original. How do they differ? Are the distfiles exactly the same? How about the users running rdist? Are they the same? Does rdist always fail, or does it work under some circumstances (for certain users, certain files, etc.)?

Also, I wasn't clear as to which server(s) (11.00 or 11.11) you got the error on.

PCS

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Perchance are the failures for paths that are symbolic links?

You might try applying the "r-commands cumulative mega-patch" for 11.0, 11.11. and 11.23. See the ITRC Patch database and search for 'rdist'.

Regards!

...JRF...

[bit_bucket]

JRF, I believe you are on to somthing. This seems to be with sym links items. I will patch these and give them a try. Thanks for you response.