HP-UX

Hi,

I have installed rsync (together with its dependencies) in both source and destination HPUX servers (V 11.31). However when I attempt to copy files over (as user root) I get this error :

Code:

# rsync -avz ./* root@10.97.131.4:/tmp/copy
Password:
sh: rsync:  not found.
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: remote command not found (code 127) at io.c(226) [sender=3.1.2]
#

How do I resolve this problem?

I also tried rcp (As it is mentioned in the HPUX depot page that rsync is a replacement for rcp). I get this error :

Code:

# rcp -p ./* root@10.97.131.4:/tmp/copy
rcmd_af: connect: 10.97.131.4: Connection refused

However, I can ping 10.97.131.4.

I add the ".rhosts" file in the destination, and the entry in this file is :

Code:

# cat .rhosts
+

I am still not able to transfer the files. What am I doing wrong and how do I resolve the problem?

rsync is not properly installed on the remote node. "remote command not found" means it cannot invoke rsync on the remote system.

But I have installed the rsync packages and also its dependencies.
How come it is not properly installed? How do I verify this?

When I do an swlist, I can see all the packages needed :

And when I do a

Code:

#whereis rsync

, I can see the path to it :

Code:

/usr/local/bin/rsync

Moderator's Comments:

Please use CODE tags as required by forum rules!

Your local system needs to be able to launch rsync on the remote system when it needs to and that isn't working.

I resolved the problem by linking /usr/local/bin/rsync to /usr/bin/rsync.

Addition of the following switch (with existing of course) should solve your problem :

Code:

--rsync-path=/usr/local/bin/rsync

Without linkage on HPUX systems.

Regards
Peasant.