On 01/31/2012 09:47 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > No, I'm trying to have rsync make an outbound connection over ssh from > the rescue environment and getting what looks like an argument error > from ssh. Ssh itself works and I can connect to the same target if I > run it directly, and the exact same rsync command lines work from a > normal host. Either rsync isn't setting up the remote command right, > or ssh isn't allowing it and giving a bad error message. How about something like tar cvf - . | gzip -c -1 | ssh user at host cat ">" remotefile.gz to get the filesystem across the ssh? -- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe Google is the Mother, Google is the Father, and traceroute is your trusty Spiderman... StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant