RSYNC:EXECUTE PERMISSION DENIED

[meekrob]

HI ,

i have installed 2.6.8 on a 11.23 HP-UX machine , and i want t syncronise two local files when using rsync ,
first of all i create the link : ln -s /usr/local/bin/rsync /usr/bin/rsync

but when i try the command :
rsync -av /toni/toni1 /toni/toni2
/sbin/sh:rsync:Execute permission denied

note i verified that rsync is executable ,and i'm trying this command as ROOT user ,

thank's for help

[Jan de Haas_3]

Hi,

Did you check if the symlink was executable or did you also actually check if the binary itself is executable?

Cheers,
Jan.

[IT_2007]

what permissions does it shows?

ll /usr/bin/rsync

ll /usr/local/bin/rsync

[meekrob]

ll /usr/bin/rsync
lrwxrwxr-x 1 root sys 20 Sep 17 21:00 /usr/bin/rsync -> /usr/local/bin/rsync
# ll /usr/local/bin/rsync
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 595956 May 24 09:58 /usr/local/bin/rsync

[meekrob]

any idea , please

[Rajesh SB]

Hi,

Remove the created Symbolic link.
Set the "umask 022" and try re-creating the Symbolic link.

Alternate suggestion is to create hardlink instead of Symblic link

# ln /usr/loca/bin/rsync /usr/bin/rsync

Regards,
Rajesh

[IT_2007]

What is the permission for rsync on the remote node? Since you are trying to sync files between nodes, you don't have execute permission on the remote node.

[Don Mallory]

Is rsync on the remote node connecting at all?
Does it appear in the same path?

Try the option:

--rsync-path=/path/to/rsync/on/destination

Only use the ACTUAL path, not a symlink for this.