How to use "rsync" on HP-UX 11i?

[Enrico Venturi]

Hello colleagues,
I'm very disappointed because I tried to use the rsync utility (http://rsync.samba.org/) but I wasn't able!
Ok: I use the HP-UX 11.11 and the "remsh" services; no rsh is availale on my machines; I set the RSYNC_RSH variable (export RSYNC_RSH=remsh) then I run the simplest command (tlrt27 is my host):
tlrt27,sys,root # rsync c tlrhcs:tmp/
sh: rsync: Execute permission denied.
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far)
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(150)

Any suggestions??? What have I to do?

thanks a lot!
Enrico

[Dietmar Konermann · Accepted solution]

I don't known much about rsync... but the message suggests that the rsync fails to execute on the remote machine (tlrhcs). Did you check the permissions there? Is it executable there?

Regards...
Dietmar.

[Andrea Guarnerio]

Hi Enrico
I think the problem is on the other side, on tlrhcs and not on tlrt27.
If you don't put rsync comman in /usr/bin, rsync/tlrt27 doesn't know how contact the rsync/tlrhcs.
Try the option:
--rsync-path=PATH specify path to rsync on the remote machine
or simply create a symbolic link on tlrhcs to resolve correctly /usr/bin/rsync

Ciao

Andrea