Kevin Korb (k...@sanitarium.net) wrote on 13 February 2014 21:47: >modules are defined in an rsyncd.conf file. That file needs to be in >the home dir of the user.
You mean the config file must be called "rsyncd.conf" instead of "module"? That'd be easy to solve but unfortunately it didn't work. I changed the name, put the following in it [module] path = /path/to/home/transfer and I still get the same "did not see server greeting" error. >On 02/13/2014 08:38 PM, Carlos Carvalho wrote: >> I'm trying to transfer something to another machine launching a >> once-only "daemon" through ssh with this command: >> >> rsync -avv -e "ssh -l user" ./orig/ machine::module/ >> >> where "module" is the name of a file in the home dir of user with >> the following: >> >> path = /path/to/home/transfer >> >> The ssh connection works without passphrase. This is the error: >> >> opening connection using: ssh -l user machine rsync --server >> --daemon . (8 args) rsync: did not see server greeting rsync >> error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at >> main.c(1635) [sender=3.1.1pre1] -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html