In F18 the rsync command fails to connect: dbus-daemon[938]: Could not create directory '/root/.ssh'. dbus-daemon[938]: Host key verification failed.
Check /var/log/audit/audit.log. SELinux is probably denying access to the script in networkmanager's context.
Dear Gordon, Thanks, thats it. I put selinux on permissive in the client, and got 258 selinux warnings, but my files are backed up again.
I tidied a lot like this: grep rsync /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol semodule -i mypol.pp setsebool -P rsync_export_all_ro 1
I'm switiching on selinux and rebooting... Thanks! Bill