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rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5)

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 8:03 pm

by mister_v

Hello,

I can't get the rsync to work.
when execute the rsync on the client,
I get the following error message.

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@ERROR: invalid gid shareusers
rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at main.c(1666)

Re: rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5)

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 8:23 pm

by Chris

The problem is probably that the group "shareusers"
doesn't exist on your rsync server ( not the client )