[LUAU] RSync help

[James Handsel]

> The errors are in your rsyncd.conf. Remove it and try to backup from only
> the command line, then put that in your scripts.
>
> Here's an example that works with [recent versions] of rsync. It autodetects
> that SSH is needed:
>
> rsync -a root at remoteserver:/opt/ /backup/opt/
>
> If you run that as root, then the UID/GID for the remote files will be
> preserved. If you run as a non-root user, you still can read as root, but
> you write out files as the local backup user.
>
> Should that fail, increase your verbosity:
>
> rsync -av --progress -e "ssh -v" root at remoteserver:/opt/ /backup/opt/
>
> -Vince
>

Vince,

Got it, thanks.  I'll give it a try.  Any idea what the oldest version 
of rsync is, that supports this format?


Jim