rsync error

This is not specifically an rsnapshot question but I'm hoping someone might have some insight.

I have a MacBook Pro user who updated to 10.11 which prevents (even root) from writing into /usr/bin. On previous OSes I used to copy a somewhat current version of rsync (3.0.7) in there and symlink rsync to it. No problem I thought, I'll copy it into /usr/local/bin/ instead which is really where it should've gone anyway. Doing an 'rsync --version' on the MacBook Pro shows 3.0.7 so /usr/local/bin/ is in the path prior to /usr/bin. But when the rsnapshot server runs and connects to the MacBook Pro, rsnapshot throws this error:

root < at > mbp:/Users/elcapuser rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at /BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/rsync/rsync-47/rsync/main.c(1333) [server=2.6.9]

For some reason the MacBook Pro appears to still be running the old version installed with the OS. I can't find the above main.c path on it. Not sure what's going on. Any ideas?

Thanks,
-Terry

Terry Barnum
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On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 02:53:17PM -0700, Terry Barnum wrote:

[quote]I have a MacBook Pro user who updated to 10.11 which prevents (even root) from writing into /usr/bin. On previous OSes I used to copy a somewhat current version of rsync (3.0.7) in there and symlink rsync to it. No problem I thought, I'll copy it into /usr/local/bin/ instead which is really where it should've gone anyway. Doing an 'rsync --version' on the MacBook Pro shows 3.0.7 so /usr/local/bin/ is in the path prior to /usr/bin. But when the rsnapshot server runs and connects to the MacBook Pro, rsnapshot throws this error:

root < at > mbp:/Users/elcapuser rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at /BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/rsync/rsync-47/rsync/main.c(1333) [server=2.6.9]

For some reason the MacBook Pro appears to still be running the old version installed with the OS. I can't find the above main.c path on it. Not sure what's going on. Any ideas?
[/quote]
Depending on the context (an interactive session vs a cron job vs rsync
invoked remotely by another rsync) you'll get a different environment,
and so /usr/local/bin isn't in the $PATH. You need the --rsync-path
option to rsync, so it knows exactly which rsync to run on the remote
host. You can provide that via the rsync_long_args config option in
rsnapshot. And if you only need it on this one host you can do this:

backup what-to-backup where-to-backup +rsync_long_args=--rsync-path=...

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[quote]On Jun 16, 2016, at 5:55 AM, David Cantrell <david < at > cantrell.org.uk> wrote:

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 02:53:17PM -0700, Terry Barnum wrote:

[quote]
For some reason the MacBook Pro appears to still be running the old version installed with the OS. I can't find the above main.c path on it. Not sure what's going on. Any ideas?
[/quote]
Depending on the context (an interactive session vs a cron job vs rsync
invoked remotely by another rsync) you'll get a different environment,
and so /usr/local/bin isn't in the $PATH. You need the --rsync-path
option to rsync, so it knows exactly which rsync to run on the remote
host. You can provide that via the rsync_long_args config option in
rsnapshot. And if you only need it on this one host you can do this:

backup what-to-backup where-to-backup +rsync_long_args=--rsync-path=...
[/quote]
Thank you very much David. I'll give it a try today and report back.

-Terry

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[/quote]
Terry Barnum
digital OutPost
Carlsbad, CA

http://www.dop.com
800/464-6434

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