rsync over SSH

[Dave McCammon]

--- Michael <probsd at ec.rr.com> wrote:
> I need to be able to rsync to a remote box over SSH
> and the module on the
> remote box also requires AUTH.
> 
> Setup
> --------
> remote box = frank
> module       = suz
> auth user for module suz = dirt
> login on remote box  = tree
> 
> Attempted command:
> rsync -avz -e "ssh -l tree"  dirt at frank::suz
> /my/path/to/download/to/
> 
> SSH works and I enter my login for tree but then
> rsynch fails:
> 
> rsync: unable to open configuration file
> "rsyncd.conf": No such file or
> directory
> rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at
> clientserver.c(502)
> rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read
> so far)
> rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream
> (code 12) at io.c(165)
> 
> rsyncd.conf does exist in /usr/local/etc/  and I can
> pull stuff down from
> the module suz without SSH:
> 
> rsync -avz dirt at frank::suz /my/path/to/download/to/
> 
> 
> Why with the addition of SSH is it looking for
> rsyncd.conf?
> 
> michael
> 
> 
I believe that rsync uses ssh as default.

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