Is it possible to specify a different ssh port when using rsync

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I have been attempting the following command     rsync -rvz --progress --remove-sent-files   dir user host 2222 path   SSH is running on port 2222  but rsync still tries to use port 22 and then complains about not finding the path  cause of course it does not exist     I would like to know if it is possible to rsync to a remote host on a non-standard ssh port

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use the  rsh option    e g     rsync -avz --rsh  ssh -p3382  root remote server name  opt backups   refer to  http   www linuxquestions org questions linux-software-2 rsync-ssh-on-different-port-448112

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My 2cents  in a single system user you can set the port also on  etc ssh ssh config then rsync will use the port set here

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I found this solution on Mike Hike Hostetler s site that worked perfectly for me     rsync -avz -e  ssh -p  portNumber  user remoteip  path to files   local path

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Another option  in the host you run rsync from  set the port in the ssh config file  ie   cat    ssh config Host host     Port 2222   Then rsync over ssh will talk to port 2222   rsync -rvz --progress --remove-sent-files   dir user host  path

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When calling rsync within java  and perhaps other languages   I found that setting -e ssh -p 22  resulting in rsync complaining it could not execute the binary  ssh -p 22  because that path ssh -p 22 did not exist  the -p and 22 are no longer arguments for some reason and now make up part of the path to the binary rsync should call   To workaround this problem I was able to use this environment variable  export  quot RSYNC RSH ssh -p 2222 quot    Programmatically set within java using env put  quot RSYNC RSH quot    quot ssh -p  quot    port

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The correct syntax is to tell Rsync to use a custom SSH command  adding -p 2222   which creates a secure tunnel to remote side using SSH  then connects via localhost 873     rsync -rvz --progress --remove-sent-files -e  ssh -p 2222    dir user host path   Rsync runs as a daemon on TCP port 873  which is not secure   From Rsync man      Push  rsync  OPTION     SRC     USER  HOST DEST   Which misleads people to try this      rsync -rvz --progress --remove-sent-files   dir user host 2222 path   However  that is instructing it to connect to Rsync daemon on port 2222  which is not there

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Your command line should look like this   rsync -rvz -e  ssh -p 2222  --progress   dir user host  path   this works fine - I use it all the time without needing any new firewall rules - just note the SSH command itself is enclosed in quotes

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when you need to send files through a specific SSH port   rsync -azP -e  ssh -p PORT NUMBER  source destination   example  rsync -azP -e  ssh -p 2121   path to files source user remoteip  path to files destination

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I was not able to get rsync to connect via ssh on a different port  but I was able to redirect the ssh connection to the computer I wanted via iptables   This is not the solution I was looking for  but it solved my problem

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A bit offtopic but might help someone  If you need to pass password and port I suggest using sshpass package  Command line command would look like this  sshpass -p  password  rsync -avzh -e  ssh -p PORT312  root 192 xx xxx xxx  dir on host

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