[Techtalk] rsync problem copying directory from local machine to server

[Jenn Vesperman]

On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 02:07, k.clair wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 11:06:19AM +1100, Jenn Vesperman wrote:
> - On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 04:18, k.clair wrote:
> - > is anyone out there familiar with rsync? i sent this message to the
> - > rsync list and have yet to get a response...
> - > - 
> - > - rsync -vr --numeric-ids --dry-run / rsync.host.com::lvs_server_v1
> - 
> - I use rsync, but not in such a complicated way.
> - 
> - My usual rsync is somethin like rsync -e ssh local/path
> - host:/remote/path.
> - 
> - That's adequate for me, to copy things.
> 
> Huh! So it must have been a problem with the protocol because i added -e
> ssh to my command above, and now it works.
> 
> (I still don't understand why it doesn't work without the -e option,
> though...)

I believe without the protocol specified, it tries to rsh. If you have
rsh blocked...



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