error in protocol stream

[John Van Essen]

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, David Bear <David.Bear at asu.edu> wrote:
> I am trying to use the syntax:
> 
> rsync -av -e "ssh -l ssh-user" rsync-user at host::module /dest
>
> found at http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync.html
....
> There is an rsync daemon running on rhost.asu.edu and that has a
> module named home.

That comment implies to me that you missed the fact that the syntax
that you are trying to use does not access a persistent daemon, but
fires up a single-use daemon.  Pay especial attention to the part
about rsync looking for the conf file in the user's home directory.
I'm pretty sure that's your problem, here.  Also make sure any log
paths defined in the conf file are writable by the user.

    John