On Sep 07, Alan Braslau wrote:
rsync uses port 873
This often gets blocked at many sites.
an easy and "naiive" test can be trying to connect to that port via rsync: telnet 193.2.4.200 rsync or telnet 193.2.4.200 873 the output should look similar to this if that outgoing port is open (not blocked): Trying 193.2.4.200... Connected to 193.2.4.200. Escape character is '^]'. @RSYNCD: 31.0 Harald -- "I hope to die ___ _____ before I *have* to use Microsoft Word.", 0--,| /OOOOOOO\ Donald E. Knuth, 02-Oct-2001 in Tuebingen. <_/ / /OOOOOOOOOOO\ \ \/OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO\ \ OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO|// \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Harald Koenig // / \\ \ koenig@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de ^^^^^ ^^^^^