rsync - Feb 2016 - --link-dest not working on remote server (running daemon)

According to this thread it at least used to work
https://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2006-April/015328.html

I don't want to use SSH because I'm running this on low power ARM boards
which are already connected over VPN so no need for a second layer of
transport encryption. I'm not sure what you mean by "link-dest and your
target parameters misaligned". Both servers have the same directory
structure so it may be a bit confusing. I'm trying to link to the previous
day's backup on the remote server.

I forgot to mention that both servers are running 3.0.9  protocol version 30
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by misaligned I meant that your source is a directory, your link-dest
is a directory (with the same name even), and your target is the root
of the share.  All 3 params should be directories and the link-dest
param should be a different date than the other two.

On 02/08/2016 04:24 PM, Sam Holton wrote:
> According to this thread it at least used to work
> https://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2006-April/015328.html
> 
> I don't want to use SSH because I'm running this on low power ARM
> boards which are already connected over VPN so no need for a second
> layer of transport encryption. I'm not sure what you mean by
> "link-dest and your target parameters misaligned". Both servers
> have the same directory structure so it may be a bit confusing. I'm
> trying to link to the previous day's backup on the remote server.
> 
> I forgot to mention that both servers are running 3.0.9  protocol
> version 30
> 
> 
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Thanks for the reply. The link-dest is different. It is Feb 1 while the
source is Feb 2.

I tried setting path = /media/external/ for the daemon and using

rsync -a -v -i --delete --link-dest=backup-2016-02-01-0100
--password-file=/media/external/scripts/offsite_rsync.pass
/media/external/backup/backup-2016-02-02-0100 backup at 192.168.2.102:
:offsite/backup

So all three (link-dest, source, target) are directories but get the same
result. The directory backup-2016-02-02-0100 is created on the target
server and all files start to be transferred to it. Must be an issue with
the way I'm setting link-dest


On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 4:42 PM Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net> wrote:
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> by misaligned I meant that your source is a directory, your link-dest
> is a directory (with the same name even), and your target is the root
> of the share.  All 3 params should be directories and the link-dest
> param should be a different date than the other two.
>
> On 02/08/2016 04:24 PM, Sam Holton wrote:
> > According to this thread it at least used to work
> > https://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2006-April/015328.html
> >
> > I don't want to use SSH because I'm running this on low power
ARM
> > boards which are already connected over VPN so no need for a second
> > layer of transport encryption. I'm not sure what you mean by
> > "link-dest and your target parameters misaligned". Both
servers
> > have the same directory structure so it may be a bit confusing.
I'm
> > trying to link to the previous day's backup on the remote server.
> >
> > I forgot to mention that both servers are running 3.0.9  protocol
> > version 30
> >
> >
>
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>         Systems Administrator           Internet:
>         FutureQuest, Inc.               Kevin at FutureQuest.net  (work)
>         Orlando, Florida                kmk at sanitarium.net (personal)
>         Web page:                       http://www.sanitarium.net/
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