The stock rsync utility defaults to rsh transport, such that one must specify ssh transport via a command-line option. The source patch below alters rsync.h to hard-code selection of ssh transport, instead. *** rsync.h-original Fri Jun 2 17:05:54 2000 --- rsync.h Fri Jun 2 17:06:15 2000 *************** *** 70,78 **** #include "config.h" ! #if HAVE_REMSH ! #define RSYNC_RSH "remsh" ! #else ! #define RSYNC_RSH "rsh" ! #endif #include --- 70,74 ---- #include "config.h" ! #define RSYNC_RSH "ssh" #include