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i think you have asked the same question on server fault serverfault.com/questions/345605/… .There some user have given good solution for it –  Mughil Dec 31 '11 at 19:19
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We'll need a bit more details. When are permissions denied and what do you want to achieve?

If I presumed right and it's denied when you try to upload files I would presume you can allow permissions to an RSync group to prevent it.

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Thanks. It seems as if access is denied because I do not have root access on the server being backed up. I am using the following command: sudo rsync -av ubuntu@*******:/ /media/backup1/ubuntubackup. I figured out how to see where access was denied. Now, I am wondering how to get root access to my Ubuntu Server server, via Rsync. Once I log in through Rsync, I do not have the option to issue a sudo command. I understand that I can configure the Rsync daemon, instead of going through SSH, but I was wondering if there was a way to do it through SSH with Ubuntu. –  Arthur Dec 31 '11 at 19:57
I'm not an Rsync expert but it looks like the -e "ssh -l root" parameter from the other suggestion does that. –  Beanow Dec 31 '11 at 21:24
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