rsync error: unexplained error (code 130) at rsync.c(541) [Receiver=3.0.7]

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I have been getting the follow error when trying to rsync from one server to a remote server:

The server configurations are identical both are running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

I have successfully made an SSH connection between the two servers using ssh keys.

Any help troubleshooting this error would be greatly appreciated.

The command that I am using is:

rsync -v -e ssh remote-user@remote-server:/path/to/dir/ /path/to/dir

This command hangs. I have to Cntl + C to cancel the command and that is when I receive the error message above.

SOLVED! The solution was to remove a chroot jail in /etc/ssh/sshd_config from the user group that I was connecting to the remote server with.

What options are you running? What is your connect string? You need to supply technical information regarding the rsync in question if you want a quality answer. Otherwise you likely won't get anything better than a Google Search would turn up.
Thanks for your comment - I have edited the original post to include the command line string
Just to clarify; rsync is installed on the source and destination servers, right?
Can you give us an estimate of how many files/folders are in the set to be synced? What about the size? If you do a tcpdump, do you see activity between the two systems? If you look at top/iotop on the client/server, is rsync appear to actually be doing things?

user974590 · Answer 1 · 2012-02-04 04:02:39Z

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Solved! The solution was to remove a chroot jail from the user that I was connecting to the remote server with.

answered Feb 4 at 4:02

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Adrian · Answer 2 · 2012-02-03 19:12:18Z

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The error isn't your problem. That's rsync's response to your Control-C interruption.

You need to run the command with different options. Try running it with '-avP' instead.

The 'a' is recursive. Yours is quite possibly stopping because you're trying to copy a directory.
The 'P' gives you progress of download
The 'v' is the verbose which was a good idea. You can double the 'v' options to get debugging information

answered Feb 3 at 19:12

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	Thank you for your suggestion, unfortunately the command still hangs. I changed the command to just copy a file, again still the same problem. – user974590 Feb 3 at 19:25
	Using your double vv suggestion produces the following output: opening connection using: ssh -l remote-user remove-host rsync --server -vve.Lsf . /path/to/dir/ – user974590 Feb 3 at 19:28
	That string you supplied means you still aren't using the 'a' that I recommended, which is what gets you the recursive operation that you're looking for. Of course, like @Publiccert said, I certainly assume you are running rsync on both ends since you did say 'identical'. If you're NOT trying to do recursive downloading, you need to be specifying a wildcard/regex that fits some files in that directory before downloads will work. If you're not comfortable with all the things that 'a' does, you need to be running it with a '-r' option. – Adrian Feb 3 at 19:35
	Adjusted the command to: -vvaP and this is the output: opening connection using: ssh -l remote-user remote-server rsync --server -vvlogDtpre.iLsf --partial . /path/to/dir/ – user974590 Feb 3 at 19:37
	Just to be sure: rsync need to be running on target server, not just installed. The output you supply tend to show your client can't connect to your server. Maybe a firewall related problem, or just rsync don't run. – Gregory MOUSSAT Feb 3 at 19:44

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