rsync wont work

[Tim Conway]

There we are.  Thanks.  OK, you're using ssh, and you can ssh in, so we 
can assume you're getting in.
Now,  "ssh root at domain.ltd" and then "which rsync" is different from "ssh 
root at domain.ltd which rsync".  ssh without a command starts a login shell, 
and you get your full environment.  With a command, you get a very 
stripped-down environment, which is unlikely to have "/usr/local/bin" in 
the path.
I can state with near unity certainty that 
rsync -vvvcrlpogtz --rsync-path=/usr/local/bin/rsync /tmp/ 
rsync at domain.ltd:/tmp
will work.  Alternately, you could modify your system initialization 
scripts to get /usr/local/bin in your basic path, or symlink 
/usr/local/bin/rsync into /bin or /usr/bin.  I generally leave the system 
unmodified, and change my cmdline, but if you're setting up something for 
newbies to do their own commandlines, you'll probably end up making it 
idiot-proof.

Oh, and you didn't get the email directly because your system wanted me to 
authenticate myself.  I declined to make the effort.  I figured you could 
just read the copy from the list.

Good luck,

Tim Conway
Unix System Administration
Contractor - IBM Global Services
conway at us.ibm.com