Not a bug. The problem seems to be -tt in the ssh options, which I had picked-up from somewhere as a possible solution, but
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1019923 suggests rsync cannot be expected to work over ssh with -tt, albeit resulting there in a different error condition than I had encountered. Having corrected a remote path error, it seems to work as expected without -tt Thanks anyway for your help. ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #1019923 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1019923 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1831101 Title: rsync with remote sudo fails over ssh/pki with protocol mismatch error To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/+bug/1831101/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs