Description of problem:

using rsync with ssh results in this:

OpenSSH_4.3p2, OpenSSL 0.9.8b 04 May 2006
usage: ssh [-1246AaCfgkMNnqsTtVvXxY] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec]
           [-D [bind_address:]port] [-e escape_char] [-F configfile]
           [-i identity_file] [-L [bind_address:]port:host:hostport]
           [-l login_name] [-m mac_spec] [-O ctl_cmd] [-o option] [-p port]
           [-R [bind_address:]port:host:hostport] [-S ctl_path]
           [-w tunnel:tunnel] [user@]hostname [command]
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [receiver]
rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(600) [receiver=3.0.6]

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

3.0.6-4

How reproducible:

Tried on two systems and was unable to rsync over ssh.  I received the same error both times.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. rsync -v -e "ssh -vvv" does.not.have.to.be.resolvable:/irrelevant /irrelevant/ 
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Actual results:

OpenSSH_4.3p2, OpenSSL 0.9.8b 04 May 2006
usage: ssh [-1246AaCfgkMNnqsTtVvXxY] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec]
           [-D [bind_address:]port] [-e escape_char] [-F configfile]
           [-i identity_file] [-L [bind_address:]port:host:hostport]
           [-l login_name] [-m mac_spec] [-O ctl_cmd] [-o option] [-p port]
           [-R [bind_address:]port:host:hostport] [-S ctl_path]
           [-w tunnel:tunnel] [user@]hostname [command]
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [receiver]
rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(600) [receiver=3.0.6]

Expected results:

host identity accept, login prompt, rsync performed

Additional info:

rpm -q openssh openssh-clients
openssh-4.3p2-72.el5_6.3
openssh-clients-4.3p2-72.el5_6.3