On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 15:57 +0100, Kalb Stefan wrote: > I try to backup files from a NAS to our backup-server using rsync. > The NAS itself is not able to run rsync. > Therefore I installed rsyncd (cwrsync 2.1.1) on a windowsserver which > has access to the NAS. > I configured the rsyncd like this: > > [nspPR53_so2] > path = /172.21.87.9/nspPR53_so/material/doc > read only = true > transfer logging = yes > > When connecting with the client I get the error message: > rsync rsync://172.21.87.14/nspPR53_so2 > @ERROR: chdir failed > rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at > main.c(1383) [receiver=2.6.9] > > Any ideas what I'm making wrong?
The module path needs to be of a form recognized by Cygwin as UNC. You could try a double slash at the beginning, but the most reliable technique is generally to map a network drive, say N:, and then refer to that drive: /cygdrive/n/nspPR53_so/material/doc . Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html