Hi, all! Can anyone help?
I've been in the habit of synchronising files on two machines either
via NAS or occasionally by sneakernet with a Zip disc.
I'm now trying to use rsync, but every variation on the command
provokes the same response:
ssh: connect to host S50 port 22: Connection refused
Is the ssh server running on the computer you want to connect to?
Rsync uses ssh to transfer the files and so requires the remote computer to
have the ssh server running and the port ssh uses open in order to work.
Some distros (eg ubuntu) don't has the ssh server installed by default so
you
Hello Chris,
Please share with us the full commandline, if you don't mind. Also, please
share your rsyncd.conf file contents (if you have one).
I have stumbled across this behaviour when I leave out something in the
normal commandline. For instance:
rsync -[options]
Hi,
Chris. Aubrey-Smith cas...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, all! Can anyone help?
I'm now trying to use rsync, but every variation on the command
provokes the same response:
ssh: connect to host S50 port 22: Connection refused
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far)
Aha! SSH server wasn't running. (To be honest, I didn't appreciate
fully its role in all this.)
After exploring a little further, all is now well.
Thanks to all who responded so promptly!
Chris
On 29/06/2012, Paul Stimpson p...@stimpsonfamily.co.uk wrote:
Hi,
Chris. Aubrey-Smith
Ah! This is interesting. I find it great to see how people use the same
software in different ways, and rsync is no exception. I *always* set it
up as a server for a long forgotten reason...
On Fri, June 29, 2012 17:35, Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
Aha! SSH server wasn't running. (To be honest, I
On Friday 29 Jun 2012, Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
Aha! SSH server wasn't running. (To be honest, I didn't appreciate
fully its role in all this.)
After exploring a little further, all is now well.
Thanks to all who responded so promptly!
You don't need to use SSH to use rsync. If the
As rsync is normally used in dangerous spaces
Really?
I use it to copy directory trees on the same machine...
Vic.
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On Friday 29 Jun 2012, Vic wrote:
As rsync is normally used in dangerous spaces
Really?
I use it to copy directory trees on the same machine...
I meant between machines, it's great over the network. Using it locally
doesn't count... ;-)
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