On 09/10/2015 02:23 PM, C Linus Hicks wrote: > On 09/10/15, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > ---------------- Quoted text ------------------------ > I just tried the following: > > rsync -ah --stats "ssh -p613 -l root" 192.168.192.2:/root/samba.PDC/ > /home/rgm/data/htt/httnet/homebase/new/root/ > > And it failed with: > > Unexpected remote arg: 192.168.192.2:/root/samba.PDC/ > rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1330) [sender=3.1.1] > > I tried again with: > > rsync -ah --stats -e "ssh -p613 -l root" 192.168.192.2:/root/samba.PDC/ > /home/rgm/data/htt/httnet/homebase/new/root/ > > and it worked. This is what I read from the manpage, that "-e" is > needed for the ssh command. > > --------------------- End Quote ---------------------------------- > > Try this: > rsync -ah --stats 192.168.192.2:/root/samba.PDC/ > /home/rgm/data/htt/httnet/homebase/new/root/ And how is it determined that the ssh login is to be as root, not my userid?