<p>I know rdist is insecure and should be dumped for rsync over ssh for a more secure transfer agent. However, given the current environment, I'm unable to do so in the amount of time I have to get this to work. rsync over ssh is coming, but not soon enough.
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<p>I'm running into the following error when I'm attempting to run 'rdist -bc /file hostname' from a Solaris 8 system to an RHELv4 system:</p>
<p>rdist: connection failed: version numbers don't match</p>
<p>I've spent a significant amount of time researching this issue, but have as of yet to come up with a solution to get it to work. According to the man page, there could be some output from logging in that is causing the command to fail. I've moved any ~/.hidden files per some suggestions to elminate this issue as much as possible, however it didn't fix the issue.
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<p>There were about 4 or more different possibilies, but none of them seemed to work. I have not attempted to update the version of rdist on the Solaris system because it works with all other systems except for the RHEL systems.
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<p>Google, and RH's website haven't provided any good answers. Has anyone run into this previously, and what was your solution?</p>
<p><br>Thanks.</p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>-Shawn<br><br>-Nemo me impune lacessit. Ne Obliviscaris.. <br>