> rsync -avz -e ssh vcs.sv.gnu.org::sources/gcl/ ./gclr/ [...] > You tried to execute: rsync --server --daemon . > Sorry, you are not allowed to execute that command.
FWIW, works fine for me without -e ssh. http://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/CvSToSvN rsync -av rsync://cvs.sv.gnu.org/sources/yourproject/ yourproject-cvs/ I did not try the "untampered transmission through SSH" method because I have no idea why that would be preferable.