Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 16:50:43 -0400 From: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.4: Is it generally unstable? Message-ID: <3CBDAA1E-17F6-46C0-A1AA-83F1F0BCD7BC@khera.org> In-Reply-To: <200506082045.j58KjClF002589@fire.jhs.private> References: <200506082045.j58KjClF002589@fire.jhs.private>
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On Jun 8, 2005, at 4:45 PM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > A few problems I've had include: > rdist works on 5.3 source host, but not from 5.4+amd64 > (yes, I'm sure someone's out there will work, but > Mine doesn't (user & su) & does with 5.3, which iis > all that maters to me :-) also rdist depends on > which of rdist & rdist6 & 44bsd-rdist, & which > protocol, & what version other end etc, which is > why I'd not mentioned till now, & yes I know rsync > works too, but I'm comfortable with rdist[6]) & > 5.3, not 5.4. > I don't think it has to do with amd64. rdist6 just plain refuses to use ssh when running as root, making it mostly useless for updating system files. it works just fine (amd64 and i386) on 5.4 as a regular user. Vivek Khera, Ph.D. +1-301-869-4449 x806
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