Tim: I'm ccing the list so they'll know what's going on, save duplicated effort, suggest other solutions, etc. ... private mail and all, but public forum... anyway, here's the deal i see there. you're telling rsync to use a password file, used for contacting a rsync server. Then, you use the syntax to use external transport. you need a double colon between the server and the module name. I assume, of course, that you have the server configured and running or started by inetd.
I don't get an error using that wrong syntax - the --password-file option is just ignored, but i'm probably running a different version. It's possible something funny happenned in options processing. rsync uses something called "popt". I don't know what that means, but it works for me. does "rsync --version" work? If not, you're just plain not parsing commands. perhaps you'll see something if you trace the execution. strace in linux, i believe. Tim Conway [EMAIL PROTECTED] 303.682.4917 Philips Semiconductor - Longmont TC 1880 Industrial Circle, Suite D Longmont, CO 80501 Available via SameTime Connect within Philips, n9hmg on AIM perl -e 'print pack(nnnnnnnnnnnn, 19061,29556,8289,28271,29800,25970,8304,25970,27680,26721,25451,25970), ".\n" ' "There are some who call me.... Tim?" Tim Shubitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/18/2001 04:25 PM To: Tim Conway/LMT/SC/PHILIPS@AMEC cc: Subject: Re: rsync doesn't accept commands Classification: Tim, Here's what I was typing in on the "client" end: rsync -ra --password-file=/path/to/password.pass /path/to/folder/rsynced login@rsyncserver:rsyncmodule and I'd end up with rsync spitting out what would appear if you just typed "rsync". I've tried putting in the full path of "rsync" (/usr/bin/rsync) to see if that would help in any way. No luck so far. I've tried outputting errors to a file but get the same thing. No matter what I try rsync only "runs" itself without acknowledging commands. This is happening on a LinuxPPC box version 2.2.15. Both ends are running the same version (2.3.1). Doesn't really matter since the software doesn't get to the point where it could talk to another rsync process. Also, it won't work locally, same problem. Thanks for the help. Have a wonderful evening. Tim >which rsync.... make sure you're calling the one you think. it might be a >wrapper script or something. >failing that, can you show me an example? > >Tim Conway >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >303.682.4917 >Philips Semiconductor - Longmont TC >1880 Industrial Circle, Suite D >Longmont, CO 80501 >Available via SameTime Connect within Philips, n9hmg on AIM >perl -e 'print pack(nnnnnnnnnnnn, >19061,29556,8289,28271,29800,25970,8304,25970,27680,26721,25451,25970), >".\n" ' >"There are some who call me.... Tim?"