noob question about using rsync on a network

[ttx336]

I am trying to setup rsync to backup one of my WinXP machines; if I can get this working I want to then set up a cron job to run the backup automatically. I can get rsync to work just fine on the local machine but I can't figure out how to address the remote machine that I want to backup.

I tried using

rsync -av hplaptop:Gary/Documents /root/Documents

and many variants of that but no good. I also tried to access my other Fedora machine from this one as a test but it didn't work either.

I can transfer files back and forth among all of these machines so my network seems to fine.

The error I get is ssh: hplaptop: Name or service not known

Thanks in advance,
Gary

[stevea]

You have to have rsync service running. In the servies menu select xinitd and in the "on demand" services check rsync.

You have to open port 873 in the firewall too.

No idea about Windows, except a service is available for it.

[ttx336]

I don't see xinetd in the Services menu, is it something that I have to download? When I click on the On Demand tab it asks for it, though.