AP> touch /tmp/zzz AP> rsync -avzn --rsh=ssh /tmp/zzz user@xxxx:/tmp AP> What is the result? On my RedHat 7.3: Connection closed by 212.87.142.231 rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far) rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(151) On my SuSE 7.2: May 3 22:21:30 xxxx sshd[24492]: fatal: buffer_get: trying to get more bytes 129 than in buffer 39 Any suggestions? -- Jochen Kächelin mailto:pippiuser@xxxxxxxx