On Mon 19 Jul 2010, Hamish wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in an effort to save someone else the same trouble we just had, it would
> be nice to add a /usr/share/doc/rsync/README.Debian file with a note that
> to get the init.d script to work you have to edit /etc/default/rsync by
> hand and set RSYNC_ENABLE=true after adding a /etc/rsyncd.conf file as per
> the 'man rsyncd.conf' man page.
Sounds reasonable. Will do.
However, the init.d script should have given you the message:
rsync daemon not enabled in /etc/default/rsync, not starting...
Perhaps you have configured a "silent" boot, which I never do except for
enduser systems where the user can't become root :-)
> also it would be good if this page was updated with the same vital clue
> about editing /etc/default/rsync:
> http://www.debian.org/mirror/push_server
AH, you'll have to take that up with the author of that page,
I have nothing to do with it...
Paul
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