Someone correct me if I'm wrong here, but it sounds like maybe you're confusing rsyncd and rsync.
rsyncd will be governed to a certain extent by rsynd.conf and access the shares accordingly. A rsyncd connection happens through a special rsyncd port (I think 843 by default). The rsync connection will occur through ssh, since that's what rsync tries by default. The rsync connection is basically a normal scp (ssh copy) from the client with the benefit of only copying altered portions of files. An rsync transfer method has nothing to do with rsyncd.conf. When I set up rsync xfer on my linux boxes, I had to copy the public key around so that rsync could work without a password, as opposed to setting up a user/password in rsynd.conf on the client. Personally I prefer the rsync connection better because it is encrypted and the key pairs are more secure then plain-text passwords on each side. But that's probably just personal preference. "Bill B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I've been trying to figure out how to use the windows rsyncd package > from the backuppc site. Everything is installed fine, and if I > connect using rsync from my Mac laptop (OSX), rsync works as expected. > If, however, I connect from a linux based machine, it tries to use > ssh as the default transport and fails. OK, so I then specify > everything to use just rsync, but now it is reporting that docs is an > unknown module. (docs is defined in rsyncd.conf on the windows > client) Has anyone ran into this, and know how to fix it? > > Examples: > >>From my OSX based laptop: > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) download > rsync -av [EMAIL PROTECTED]::docs . > Password: > receiving file list ... > etc.. etc.. etc.. > > >>From my linux machine: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] BackupPC]# rsync --port=873 [EMAIL PROTECTED]::docs . > @ERROR: Unknown module 'docs' > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] BackupPC]# rsync -av rsync://[EMAIL PROTECTED]:873::docs . > [EMAIL PROTECTED] BackupPC]# > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
