Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:10:46 -0500 From: Ron Wilhoite <ronw@bals.org> To: eculp@casasponti.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How can rsync with ssh be used on a non standard ssh port Message-ID: <49204606.6090106@bals.org> In-Reply-To: <20081116095044.17qwm4xct6bkwsc4w@intranet.casasponti.net> References: <20081116095044.17qwm4xct6bkwsc4w@intranet.casasponti.net>
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On 11/16/2008 10:50 AM eculp@casasponti.net wrote: > I need to use rsync for backup to another machine using a nonstandard > port for ssh. 722. > > For example, when I test using my translation of the man pages: > > rsync [OPTION...] SRC... rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/DEST > > I use: > > rsync -avz /almacen/testDir rsync://backkup.net:722/backup/ > > the error generated is: > > rsync: server sent "SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.1p1 FreeBSD-20080901" rather than > greeting > rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at > main.c(1504) [sender=3.0.4] > I believe you want the -e option. Example from the man page: -e 'ssh -p 2234' In your case, rsync -e 'ssh -p 722' -avz ........ The [:PORT] you tried appears to be for connecting to an rsync daemon listening on a non-standard port. Ron
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