trying to backup entire server using rsync

[chris allen]

Danny Sauer wrote:

>On Thursday 24 February 2005 09:15 am, you wrote:
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>>thanks danny,
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>>but i have a couple of more questions.  what port does rsync uses.  I
>>need to punch a hole in my firewall
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>If you tunnel rsync over ssh, then you just need access to port 22.  If you 
>run an rsync server, you can choose any port, but it runs on 873 by 
>default.  You probably want the ssh route if you're going over the 
>internet.
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>>and will this work running it as root
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>>rsync -qzaH --exclude=/proc/* --exclude=/tmp/* --exclude=/lost+found/*
>>backup at mcncyo.homeip.net:/luke
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>>this is the error message i am getting right now
>>rsync -qzaH --exclude=/proc/* --exclude=/tmp/* --exclude=/lost+found/*
>>mcncyo.homeip.net:/luke
>>rsync error: received SIGUSR1 or SIGINT (code 20) at rsync.c(229)
>>-bash-2.05b# rsync -qzaH --exclude=/proc/* --exclude=/tmp/*
>>--exclude=/lost+found/* mcncyo.homeip.net:/ /home/backup/luke/
>>ip68-102-244-239.ks.ok.cox.net: Connection timed out
>>rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far)
>>rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165)
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>Stick "-e ssh" in there before the --excludes - you're probably on an old 
>version that doesn't default to ssh as the transport.
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>--Danny
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ok, thanks so far now it seems to do nothing at all

rsync -qzaH "-e ssh" --exclude=/proc/* --exclude=/tmp/* 
--exclude=/lost+found/* backup at mcncyo.homeip.net:/home/backup/luke
backup at mcncyo.homeip.net's password:
-bash-2.05b#

i think i am missing to tell it what to include.