rsync - Sep 2002 - getting error "remote path must start with a module not a /"

I'm running rsync  version 2.5.4  protocol version 26 on redhat 7.3.
My rsync command is this:

rsync -vvplpotrRn --progress --password-file=/root/rsync_password /*.* 
root@192.168.0.254::/home2/600xbackup

I get this error when I run it:

ERROR: The remote path must start with a module name not a /
rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at main.c(885)

I want to backup my laptop to a directory on my server.  Is this the right way 
to run it?

What is the meaning of this error?

TIA,
Scott

Scott: the double-colon syntax ("host::") is for contacting an rsync 
server, that is, rsync started with the "--daemon" option, using a 
configuration file, which defines paths as "modules", as in 
++++++++++++++++++++++
[modulename]
path = /what/you/want/seen
++++++++++++++++++++++
if you want to use an external transport (rsh by default), you use a 
SINGLE colon ("host:"), and specify the actual path to what you want, 
instead of the predefined module.

Tim Conway
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Scott Chapman <scott@mischko.com>
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not a /"
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I'm running rsync  version 2.5.4  protocol version 26 on redhat 7.3.
My rsync command is this:

rsync -vvplpotrRn --progress --password-file=/root/rsync_password /*.* 
root@192.168.0.254::/home2/600xbackup

I get this error when I run it:

ERROR: The remote path must start with a module name not a /
rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at main.c(885)

I want to backup my laptop to a directory on my server.  Is this the right 
way 
to run it?

What is the meaning of this error?

TIA,
Scott
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