Standard newbie issue. rsh host command (or ssh host command in your case) does so in a fairly stripped environment, for instance, a small $PATH, which is your issue (unless rsync isn't even installed on smmk39). rsync has aneasy workaround for it. add " --rsync-path=/path/on/the/remote/host/to/rsync " commonly " --rsync-path=/usr/local/bin/rsync ". You can also link it into someplace in your path, if you're the admin, and are going to be having a lot of users doing their own rsync commandlines. The stuff you're doing with services and inetd.conf are irrelevant, unless you're going to run an inetd-managed rsyncd, which is NOT what you are doing or accessing in the commandline given. Also your inet hupping is a bit scary. If you have anything that has the word "inetd" in the ps line, it's going to get a HUP, and many things react to a HUP like to a TERM. I'd suggest a pattern like " /usr/sbin/in[eE]td -s$", as you're on Solaris 8.
To call that rsync server, forget the "-e ssh". have this in your /etc/rsyncd.conf: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [home] path = /home ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Or tighter yet: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [homeforbob] path = /home/a078479/bob ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ rsync -va /export/home/a078479/bob smmk39::homeforbob I see, having read to the bottom of your message, that you did the linking thing. That's cool, and well-documented. Glad you figured it out. It's not an rsync issue, but an environmental one. Tim Conway Unix System Administration Contractor - IBM Global Services desk:3032734776 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rsync Issue Solaris8 When performing a simple rsync between servers I was getting the following error: root:#> rsync -e ssh -va /export/home/a078479/bob smmk39:/export/home/a078479/ ksh: rsync: not found rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far) rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(189) root:#> -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html