On 09/11/2015 11:06 AM, Bowie Bailey wrote: > On 9/11/2015 10:34 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> >> >> On 09/11/2015 10:21 AM, C Linus Hicks wrote: >>> On 09/10/15, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> >>> --------------- Quoted text ------------------ >>> SSh is not parsing the port the way http does, it seems: >>> >>> $ rsync -ah --stats root at 192.168.129.2:613:/etc/dhcp/ >>> /home/rgm/data/htt/httnet/homebase/new/dhcp >>> ssh: connect to host 192.168.129.2 port 22: No route to host >>> rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) >>> [Receiver] >>> rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.1] >>> >>> The reason why I change my SSH port is a simple way to keep port >>> knocker >>> robots away. Different hosts use different ports... >>> >>> ------------------ End quote -------------------- >>> >>> Oh, right, so you either need to put that in your .ssh/config file >>> or use -e 'ssh -p 613' on the rsync command. >>> >>> The config file should look like this: >>> Host 192.168.129.2 >>> Port 613 >> >> So we end up back needing the -e option or modifying the config file. >> >> thanks for your time. Really. > > It's fairly common on technical lists like this for people to become > fixated on minor problems or inefficiencies in a command or > configuration when the actual issue is more complicated. Try not to > let it bother you too much. > > As for your original question, I'm not sure why the files weren't > copied as expected. I ran your exact command with only the server > names, port, and destination directory changed and all the files were > copied. You can try running the command without a destination and it > should return a list of files found in the source directories. If it > doesn't list everything, there is some problem with how the source > files are being specified or something preventing them from being > read. Selinux is always suspected in cases of strange permission > problems. > There is really something going on, perhaps with Selinux. The files DID get copied, but I cannot get any tool to list them on my F22 target! I copy back to someplace else on the C7 system, and there they all are. If I copy into a nonexistant folder on my F22 notebook, they all show in the new directory. Freaky. Same thing when I backed up my /etc/dhcpd/ directory. Only dhcpd.conf shows in the file listing. The others came across, but don't show.