Rsync not connecting

[Hardy Merrill]

Bhattacharyya, Somraj [02008937 at napier.ac.uk] wrote:
>  
> Hi All
> I am using the following command to update data from one server to another
> one. But it is 
> returning back with error.
> 
> Without SSH:
> [root at pc165017 var]# rsync -ae /var/www pc165002.napier.ac.uk:/var/www

Without ssh also means without -e.  Take the -e out, and this
'Failed to exec' error should disappear.

> Failed to exec /var/www : Permission denied
> rsync error: error in IPC code (code 14) at util.c(162)
> rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far)
> rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(150)
> 
> With SSH:
> [root at pc165017 var]# rsync -ae ssh/var/www pc165002.napier.ac.uk:/var/www
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^
You need a space between ssh and '/var/www'.

> Failed to exec ssh/var/www : No such file or directory
> rsync error: error in IPC code (code 14) at util.c(162)
> rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far)
> rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(150)
> 
> For with SSH option, I have the specified directory.
> 
> Can anyone please guide me.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Somraj
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Hardy Merrill
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