On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:50:47 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > That will use the default port on the remote host, you can override > > that without specifying the -e if required using -p <port>. > > > $ rsync -ah --stats --delete -p 613 root at 192.168.129.2:/etc/dhcp/ > /home/rgm/data/htt/httnet/homebase/new/dhcp > Unexpected remote arg: root at 192.168.129.2:/etc/dhcp/ > rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1330) > [sender=3.1.1] > > So not there yet. :( From 'man rsync': -p, --perms This option causes the receiving rsync to set the destination permissions to be the same as the source per- missions. Try this: rsync -ah --stats --delete root at 192.168.129.2:613:/etc/dhcp/ /home/rgm/data/htt/httnet/homebase/new/dhcp