Re: > > 1. from PC to HP-UX: rsh works, rsynch doesn't > > You should run rsync with -vv so you can see for sure what remote-shell
thanks...here's the result... C:\rsync>type test.bat @echo off rsync -vv -auvzbPv test.bat ozma:/tmp/foo C:\rsync>test cmd= machine=ozma user= path=/tmp/foo cmd=rsh.exe ozma rsync --server -vvvvbulogDtprz --partial . /tmp/foo Terminal readThe handle is invalid. rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [receiver] _exit_cleanup(code=12, file=io.c, line=420): entered rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(420) _exit_cleanup(code=12, file=io.c, line=420): about to call exit(12) : rsync: read error: Connection reset by peer rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(151) > you earlier mentioned that you setup an rsync daemon via xinetd, so you > could alternately use double-colon syntax to talk to that daemon instead Interesting... C:\rsync>rsync ozma:: ftp ftp export area C:\rsync>rsync test.bat ozma:: ftp ftp export area getting close... C:\rsync>rsync ozma::ftp/foo foo @ERROR: invalid gid nobody rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (39 bytes read so far) rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(139) C:\rsync>rsync ozma::/ftp/foo foo ERROR: The remote path must start with a module name not a / rsync error: unexplained error (code -1) at main.c(842) (the security on the /tmp/ftp directory is 777, and on the /tmp/ftp/foo file is 666, created by gid "users", uid "sieler") > > 2. from PC to Linux: nothing works > > That's a remote-shell problem. ok. I'm primary interested in getting an rsync to anywhere from the PC working, so I'll concentrate on the HP-UX box (which gets further), and worry about the Linux box later. > > ssh: connect to host opus port 22: Connection refused > > Port 22 is ssh's port, not rsh (as you appear to have discovered later > in your email). Perhaps you just need to enable sshd on that system or > configure rsync to use rsh via the RSYNC_RSH environment variable. ok. > > /usr/bin/rsh: opus: not found. > > That is a complaint from rsh about its command syntax. You should use > the -vv option to rsync to see what remote-shell command it is running, > and then figure out if there is a problem with that command syntax by > checking into what rsh requires. will check. thanks! -- Stan Sieler work: www.allegro.com personal: www.sieler.com/wanted/index.html -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html