If you use ssh instead, rsync will be tunelled through it, providing you use "-e ssh" option for rsync command, something like: rsync -Pave ssh machine1:/home/user/<dirtosync> machine2:/home/whatever This way you get the additional benefit of encrypted, rather than clear text data transfer. Vladimir Kosovac Computer Power Group On 8/15/05, Ser As <burak2006@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi people > I want to use rsync between my Red Hat 9.0 Linux installed computers. > I made the basic configurations for rsync. > But the ports seems to be closed for rsync(Port no 783) > when I run (from the client ) > telnet x.x.x.x 873 > I get the following error message > Trying x.x.x.x... > telnet: connect to address x.x.x.x: Connection refused > for rsync x.x.x.x:: (from the client) > I get the following error: > rsync x.x.x.x:: > rsync: failed to connect to x.x.x.x: Connection refused > rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(97) > But cat /etc/xinetd.d/rsync > service rsync > { > disable = no > socket_type = stream > wait = no > user = root > server = /usr/bin/rsync > server_args = --daemon > log_on_failure += USERID > } > That is I changed disable = yes to disable =no > Furthermore grep /etc/services includes > rsync 873/tcp # rsync > rsync 873/udp # rsync > Furthermore > I edited /etc/rsyncd.confcsuch that all are permitted to connect to the > server. > What may be the problem? > How can I rsync betweenn the computers? > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjectunsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjecthttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list