You're using the wrong path format for cwrsync in the rsyncd.conf file It needs to be in cygwin format.
ie path = /cygdrive/c/windows/ or path = /cygdrive/z/ if it was a network drive of z:\ I don't think the basic cwrsync will support UNC paths. So I suggest you mount a drive to a network share, then run the rsync script then dismount the drive letter. Basically the 'net use ...' and 'net use ... /Delete' commands Works for me on Windows 2003 R2 SP2 :-) P.S. Watch out for the path and file name limitation with using cygwin/Rsync on Windows systems as it's basically ham-strung limited to 256 characters due to cygwin still supporting Windows 98. I kid you not... -- Stuart Halliday -----Original Message----- From: Matt McCutchen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Kalb Stefan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: rsync@lists.samba.org Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:19:25 -0400 Subject: Re: rsync Windows UNC > 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 This email is the property of ECS Technology Ltd. This company is registered in Scotland with company number 212513. VAT registered GB 761 7456 12 http://www.ecs-tech.com/ -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html