Problem with rsync

[thehemi]

rsync tells me 'no route to host'...

[root@srchost]# rsync -avz --delete /source/ [desthost]:/dest/
connect to address [destipaddr]: No route to host
Trying krb4 rsh...
connect to address [destipaddr]: No route to host
trying normal rsh (/usr/bin/rsh)
[destfqdn]: No route to host
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far)
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165)

ssh works fine, though...

[root@srchost]# ssh [desthost]
Last login: Fri Jun 8 14:32:15 2007 from [srcfqdn]
[root@desthost ~]#

rsync port is even open...

[root@srchost]# telnet [desthost] 873
Trying [destipaddr]...
Connected to [destfqdn] ([destipaddr]).
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.
[root@srchost]#

So I'm not sure what's the problem with rsync. Really weird.

[anomie]

I'm not sure why 'No route to host'.

Try using ssh as remote shell instead of rsh.

Option: -e ssh

[thehemi]

I'm not sure why 'No route to host'.

Try using ssh as remote shell instead of rsh.

Option: -e ssh

Interestingly enough, that does get rsync working.
So that's good news, I can get it working for now.
Thanks for the suggestion, I didn't even think of it.