rsync error: unexplained error (code -1) at main.c(883)

[Robert J. Collins]

rsync 2.5.2 on FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE.

my rsyncd.conf looks like this:

read only = yes
[test]
path = /tmp

I am starting rsync as root like this:

rsync --daemon

when I connect to the rsync server on the localhost I get this:
myhost# rsync localhost::
test 

but when I connect, from the localhost, using it's hostname i get this:

myhost# rsync myhost.hwi.buffalo.edu::
rsync error: unexplained error (code -1) at main.c(883)

Thanks
-rcollins