error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165)

[Nick Sylvester]

I am recieving a connection unexpectedly closed error while trying to 
sync a directory on two machines.  Rsync is in my path on both 
machines.  I am using ssh and I can connect to the server fine through 
ssh.  I am using a vpn but have no problems connecting to any of the 
servers with it.  This is the full error message I get:

Remote Machine: Connection refused
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far)
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165)

Here is the command I am using


rsync -r --timeout=600 user at remote machine:/opt/u91/scripts/sqlpath/* 
/home/oracle/sqlpath

I am a new user to rsync and any suggestions or help would be much 
appreciated.

Thanks
Nick Sylvester