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Expand Up @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ To set up this remote connection:

## TCP Port Forwarding

Visual Studio's Linux support has a dependency on TCP port forwarding. **Rsync** and **gdbserver** will be affected if TCP port forwarding is disabled on your remote system.
Visual Studio's Linux support has a dependency on TCP port forwarding. **Rsync** and **gdbserver** will be affected if TCP port forwarding is disabled on your remote system. If you're impacted by this dependency, you can upvote this [suggestion ticket](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/idea/840265/dont-rely-on-ssh-tcp-port-forwarding-for-c-remote.html) on Developer Community.

rsync is used by both MSBuild-based Linux projects and CMake projects to [copy headers from your remote system to Windows for use by IntelliSense](configure-a-linux-project.md#remote_intellisense). When you can't enable TCP port forwarding, disable the automatic download of remote headers. To disable it, use **Tools > Options > Cross Platform > Connection Manager > Remote Headers IntelliSense Manager**. If the remote system doesn't have TCP port forwarding enabled, you'll see this error when the download of remote headers for IntelliSense begins:

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