alain volmat wrote: > I'm trying to use rsync over ssh to synchronise my > server with one of fedora mirror. <snip> > I know that my problem would be solved by just using > rsync over rsh, but I have no choice but to use a > socksified ssh. Presumably that's because you're sitting behind a socks firewall and you don't have direct contact with the outside world. Is there an HTTP proxy around? (It's a fairly standard facility). Could you use the RSYNC_PROXY environment variable to make rsync use the HTTP proxy? James. -- E-mail address: james | A woodpigeon would, If a woodpigeon could, @westexe.demon.co.uk | But a woodpigeon can't, So it won't. | A woodpigeon could, If a woodpigeon would, | But a woodpigeon doesn't want to. So it doesn't.