me want rsync, hold the ssh please

digity · 02-08-2009, 04:20 PM

when i try to do a simple rsync transfer with NO switches (namely -e) I get the following error:

Code:

digity@digityzers:/var/log$ rsync 192.168.1.10:/music "/media/hollywood/test bed/music"
ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.10 port 22: Connection refused
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [receiver]
rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(635) [receiver=3.0.3]

I don't need ssh/encryption since the source and destination are on my private home network. how do I get rsync to NOT use ssh/encryption?

TIA

irishbitte · 02-08-2009, 05:47 PM

It is probably easier to use rsync with ssh than without! I use it all the time, also on a LAN, and ssh won't hurt.

bt101 · 02-08-2009, 05:56 PM

I may be wrong, but I think you are trying the method where you are trying to connect to a Windows (or Samba) share. If that is the case, you should mount the remote share on your local filesystem first. Then just specify the location on your local filesystem where the remote filesystem is mounted.

irishbitte · 02-08-2009, 07:23 PM

I just spotted something which may be of significance:

Quote:

digity@digityzers:/var/log$ rsync 192.168.1.10:/music "/media/hollywood/test bed/music"

change the above to:

Code:

digity@digityzers:/var/log$ rsync 192.168.1.10:/music /media/hollywood/test\ bed/music

PresGas · 02-08-2009, 07:46 PM

rsync uses ssh by default when you use the command the way you have. If you want to not have the overhead of ssh (of which it really is not that bad), you will need to enable the rsh service (i.e. telnet) and make sure it is not accessible from the outside. Then you can use this

Code:

-e, --rsh=COMMAND

in your command to tell it to use whatever rsh service you have enabled.

Make sure to read up on the rsync command to see if you need anything else to go with that

Code:

man rsync

.

PresGas · 02-08-2009, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irishbitte

I just spotted something which may be of significance:

change the above to:

Code:

digity@digityzers:/var/log$ rsync 192.168.1.10:/music /media/hollywood/test\ bed/music

irishbitte, these accomplish the same thing.

irishbitte · 02-09-2009, 02:11 AM

fair enough, it's a long time since I wrote that backup script!

PresGas · 02-09-2009, 09:03 AM

irishbitte

I am glad you were actually able to read that post. WOW! Did that get garbled.

theYinYeti · 02-09-2009, 09:33 AM

As far as I know,
rsync … remotehost:/path will connect to the remote sshd, whereas
rsync … remotehost::/path will connect to the remote rsyncd (which has to run, of course…).

Yves.

irishbitte · 02-09-2009, 10:33 AM

Hmm, that last post might be the trick! But I still think you should stick with SSH, it stops files from getting into the wrong hands!