Bug 81750 – rdist fails to replicate named pipe files

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Bug 81750 - rdist fails to replicate named pipe files

Summary:	rdist fails to replicate named pipe files

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	rdist (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.3
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Phil Knirsch
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Reported:	2003-01-13 13:33 EST by Need Real Name
Modified:	2015-03-04 20:11 EST (History)
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Last Closed:	2003-10-21 09:08:40 EDT
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Description Need Real Name 2003-01-13 13:33:15 EST

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Description of problem:
Rdist fails to replicate named pipe files. 

It prints an error message 'unkown file type'.



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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Use rdist to try to replicate a named pipe (created by 'mknod <name> p')
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Actual Results:  An error message is printed

Expected Results:  Named pipe should be replicated.

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Comment 1 Phil Knirsch 2003-10-21 09:08:40 EDT

As the error message clearly prints, rdist is not capable of replicating named
pipes as it can't cope with those files.

Read ya, Phil

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