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rsync: failed to connect to hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu (128.114.119.163)

For reasons I don't understand, rsync does not work for me since today. I tried to fix the problem by following steps described here : https://askubuntu.com/questions/628102/15-04-rsync-connection-refused but it did not work...

I am working on a laptop with Ubuntu 16.04 as OS, and have a wired ethernet connection. I made several queries on the UCSC server yesterday, so maybe their server blocks my connection ?

Example of a query I would like to do : 

rsync -a -P rsync://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg38/database/cytoBand.txt.gz ./

Here is the Error message : 

rsync: failed to connect to hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu (128.114.119.163): Connection refused (111)
rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(128) [Receiver=3.1.1]

Tell me what you think and if there is any solution to make it work again. Thank you in advance for your help.

Edit:

UCSC answered me : no problem on their side. The problem definitely come from me. Still looking for a solution.

Solution

  • Thanks to a mail answer from a guy working at UCSC:

    I tried the same command line but on the mirror site : ftp://hgdownload-sd.cse.ucsc.edu.

    which gave this command line : 

    rsync -a -P rsync://hgdownload-sd.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg38/database/cytoBand.txt.gz ./

    I tried it. It worked. And here comes the best part: in my case I try the command line that did not work... and it works again: 

    rsync -a -P rsync://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg38/database/cytoBand.txt.gz ./

    So I did not had any explanations on where does the problem came from. But problem solved!