rsync can't connect to host

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I've already described the problem in the other thread http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=154&t=80670 and have been given no solution. I used the 6.2.3 release them. Now I gave the 6.2.4 release a try only to find the rsync backup is broken, too. I tried all 6.2.X releases to find out when it stopped working (because it used to work for sure) and to my astonishment none of them work now. Simply, I couldn't make a rsync backup. Made a factory reset and it didn't work, either. No matter how I configure the rsync backup job, if only I enter something in the Path field (USB_FLASH_1, USB_HDD_1, etc.) and click Test connection button then 'Unable to connect to host' error pops up. When the Path field is empty, the 'Successfully connected to host 127.0.0.1' info shows up.
Help! I really need this because it's the only way to sync the nas and the backup; no other backup method allows for deleting files which have been already removed from a source.

StephenB · Answer

Is rsync enabled for the USB share?

itsjasper · Answer

Rsync working fine for me on 6.2.4.  Odd that you are getting the localhost IP when testing connection, shouldn't this be the remote host?

Jarkod · Answer

StephenB wrote:Is rsync enabled for the USB share?I've never had to enable rsync for the USB share for the rsync backup to work. I don't see what they'd have in common but for the test's sake I enabled it and nothing's changed. Still no connection to host.

Jarkod · Answer

itsjasper wrote:Rsync working fine for me on 6.2.4.  Odd that you are getting the localhost IP when testing connection, shouldn't this be the remote host?No if I want to make a backup from the nas to the locally connected usb drive. It's not going to be nas to nas backup (two IPs involved).

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