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Hi, I'm trying to use rsync from Windows to Unix. I've followed the directions on : http://optics.ph.unimelb.edu.au/help/rsync/rsync_pc1.html I can see ssh running on the windows machine, because I tested it using telnet localhost 22 and I can see the result "SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.4p1". But when I try "$ rsync -avz -e ssh user@windowsserver::/rsync/* ." from the Linux

I just installed rsync on two machines, I think I'm a complete moron, and I need a clue bat. The remote machine's /etc/rsyncd.conf (just for testing): use chroot = no log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid lock file = /var/run/rsync.lock [auth] path = /var/www/auth comment = apache authentication files. read only = yes Then for a test, I fired up

I am having a problem getting my files backed up to the location I want to from a WinXP client going to a Debian rsync server. The following is sending asm/ to /home/robert/backup folder. rsync -avz /cygdrive/d/asm robert@192.168.1.102:backup/ My understanding of the rsync man page is that this is supposed to send asm/ to what the path that is defined in rsyncd.conf, mine is defined as /backup.

Hi I'm a new rsync user. I have two systems, A and B both with rsync installed. I've setup rsync in daemon mode on system B and want to rsync a directory /projects/sw/lib/ from system A to system B. My rsyncd.conf file on system B looks like this: [swlibrary] path = /projects/sw comment = Master Libraries If I execute on system A: rsync systemB:: I can see the

Dear all: I installed the rsync 2.5.4 in my two machine (192.168.1.30 and 192.168.1.120, both are AIX OS) to backup data each other. The software`s installation is ok, and I can copy local files. But when I try to backup data between two machines, there reports some errors: >./bin/rsync -avz 192.168.1.30::web ./backup-3000/ rsync: failed to connect to 192.168.1.30: Connection refused

hi all I have composed a script containing : rsync -avz -e ssh root@10.78.0.107:/var/mail/ /var/mail --password-file=/etc/rsyncd.secrets but when I try to execute il it ask me for the password. how to do to avoid this and to consider the password in the 'rsyncd.secrets' thanks in advance.

Hi I running a rsync server using version 2.6.3pre1 in a Solaris 10 server. When I try to use ssh to encrypt my data, the rsync client fails with this message: rsync -avz -e ssh winbox.exe zone43@zone43.gridzones.com::backups Password: rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender] rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(434) My config

rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (88 bytes read so far) rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(139) I'm getting the above error when trying to use rsync over port 873. The command I'm using is : rsync -avz root@sundog::test ./ the /etc/rsyncd.conf contains the following auth users = root uid = root gid = staff [test] path = /export/home/mrl315 Any

Hi, This is the first time I have setup rsync.conf like, max connections = 20 syslog facility = local3 read only = true hosts allow = 192.168.10.10 [qmail-control] comment = qmail-control path = /var/qmail/control read only = yes list = yes uid = root gid = root Then from 192.168.10.10, I tried, rsync -avz -e ssh

Hi, If anyone has an Idea on how to solve the following problem it would be greatly appreciated :). The scenario is as follows: Im running an rsync server on Redhat7.3. The rsync server configuration file looks as follows: #### rsyncd.conf log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid lock file = /var/run/rsyncd.lock max connections = 5 use chroot = true list = true

Hi, I have a rsync server set up. Can i push data from the server to another machine instead of pulling data from that machine. when i try to do that i get this error. mkdir tohost:/tmp ; No such file or directory. But the directory exists. This is the command i executed. rsync -avz --rsync-path=/usr/bin/rsync fromhost::test tohost:/tmp This works fine if iam logged onto "tohost"

Hi all. This looks like a common question. I want to backup a dir, in which i put some symlinks, so it looks like machinegun:/tmp/daily_backup # ls -la total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-02-17 17:41 . drwxrwxrwt 19 root root 4096 2010-02-17 17:30 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2010-02-17 17:41 cgi-bin -> /srv/www/cgi-bin lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2010-02-17 17:17 etc -> /etc

Hi to all, Im just a RSYNC newbie, i've tried to set this up and evaluate. Im trying to create a mirror of my mail server but what i observed during my test of this rsync the ownership are being changed(501) when it was downloaded to my mirror.I have the following test config with my server: mail server: rsyncd.conf(192.168.1.36): motd file = /etc/rsyncd.motd log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log

Hello there! We are trying to get rsync to work in our servers but so far we did not succeeded. Our scenario is a 3 machines where one directory must be replicated through all the clusters, no matter where the file was saved. I have a few basic questions regarding that: 1st Do I need a daemon on all instances or just one of them? Files saved on any of them must be mirrored 2nd We gave a try with

Hi all! I've read the manual and google'ed aplenty, but sadly can't figure out this particular issue. Perhaps someone can thwack me with the correct cluestick? I have a number of directories listed under one path in an rsyncd module. I'd like to rsync the contents of some of the directories. Here's essentially what the source filesystem looks like: /home /home/user1

I am attempting to rsync data from a rsync server and set the permissions to a different gid on the client: my servers name is "rserver01" my clients name is "rclient01" here is the rysync.conf contained on rserver01: # log file log file = /var/adm/rsync_log # global options for all modules dont compress = *.gz *.tgz *.zip *.z *.rpm *.deb *.iso *.bz2 *.tbz uid = nobody

Hello, I'm trying to setup Rsync over SSH with openSSH running port 2222 with a remote RSA public key authentification and a restricted shell to avoid the user to browse my server via SSH, only be able to run rsync server. 1) i've built a regular rsync server over TCP/873 Worked fine, check my conf : motd file = /etc/rsyncd.motd log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log pid

I have two hosts which have their respective keys loaded into each others .ssh/authorized-keys2 file for root. I want to move a directory tree from one host to the other via rsync to maintain a shadow structure of the application provided on the main host. This is the relevant part of the command: rsync -avz --rsh=ssh --delete-after /var/data/pas-redmine root at

Greetings, Has anyone successfully compiled rsync 2.5.5 under Mac OS X (not Server), and actually have it work fully? I'm in a position where I'm trying to setup an automated nightly remote backup between and Cobalt Raq4 (running a variant of Redhat Linux) and a Mac running OS X 10.1.5 with the latest development tools installed. As has been pointed out previously on the list, one has

I am doing this to rsync a file: rsync -avz /usr/local/websphere/appserver/hosts/default_host/jsp/servers/includes/file1 .txt backup.domain.com:jspfsp >> /var/log/rsync_backup.log I get these error: @ERROR: chroot failed rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (34 bytes read so far) rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165) I am rsyncing several folders