rsync - Can't connect to ext drive

[stephanieswitzer]

My MacMini is wired to my Synology rt2600ac Router, which has a 1TB Ext HDD atteched to it's USB. I backup all my Macs to this drive using Time Machine.

So now I've been trying to backup the Mint Partition on my MacMini to this ext HDD using 'rsync' but keep failing to connect to tthe HDD attched to the router.

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sps@spsMacMini ~ $ sudo rsync /home/sps/ *********@192.168.1.1:22/ubshare1-2/Mint
**********@192.168.1.1's password: 
Permission denied, please try again.
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) [sender=3.1.1]

I'm using the router password, but it doesn't seem to work. It's the only PW I use to access/control the router.

Kinda out of my depth...

[AndyMH]

I did have rsync working to my synology (got a DS216) but it stopped working, think it was after I did an update on the NAS. Had the NAS mounted as a share in fstab. I've collected a few bookmarks on rsync and synology which might be worth following up. Haven't had the time or inclination to get it working, but will at some point:

https://forum.synology.com/enu/viewtopic.php?t=97908
https://improveandrepeat.com/2016/09/pa ... skstation/
https://www.synology.com/en-uk/knowledg ... nology_NAS
https://gist.github.com/h4cc/e86e7d9b3a696e5b9ddb

[stephanieswitzer]

Thanks for the reply. I'll check out the links you gave me. Thanks again.

[smurphos]

You are using port 22 - SSH protocol. Is that your intention or is the drive accessible as a Samba share?

If the latter you mount the share on your local system and rsync to the mounted share.

This looks like relevant info for enabling SSH on the router - https://www.synology.com/en-uk/knowledg ... vices#t1_1

[AndyMH]

just checked and my link to the synology is still working. I mounted it as a share with a line in fstab as follows:

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# mount point for synology NAS used in rsync backups
192.168.0.5:/volume1/homes/andy/backups /media/andy/diskstation nfs rw,noauto,user,nofail 0 0

There were a few things I had to set up on the NAS, such as enabling rsync. It works BUT rsync did give errors see

viewtopic.php?f=47&t=254710

The 'proper' way to do it is through ssh and the subject of some of the links I posted earlier and have yet to get round to.

[stephanieswitzer]

Thanks so much everyone. Im definitly going to try out your advice when I get home. (Out of town at the moment)