On 09/10/2015 02:23 PM, C Linus Hicks wrote:> On 09/10/15, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
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> I just tried the following:
>
> rsync -ah --stats "ssh -p613 -l root"
192.168.192.2:/root/samba.PDC/
> /home/rgm/data/htt/httnet/homebase/new/root/
>
> And it failed with:
>
> Unexpected remote arg: 192.168.192.2:/root/samba.PDC/
> rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1330) [sender=3.1.1]
>
> I tried again with:
>
> rsync -ah --stats -e "ssh -p613 -l root"
192.168.192.2:/root/samba.PDC/
> /home/rgm/data/htt/httnet/homebase/new/root/
>
> and it worked. This is what I read from the manpage, that "-e" is
> needed for the ssh command.
>
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> Try this:
> rsync -ah --stats 192.168.192.2:/root/samba.PDC/
> /home/rgm/data/htt/httnet/homebase/new/root/
And how is it determined that the ssh login is to be as root, not my userid?