Thanks - that fixed it. I failed to spot the difference between the secrets file on the server and the password file on the client.
many thanks nick@nexnix
The secrets file on the server (moby) needs the user names in it as specified in rsyncd.conf(5) The format isn't the same as the --password-file. -- ________________________________________________________________ J.W. Schultz Pegasystems Technologies email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remember Cernan and Schmitt
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