On Thu, Sep 04, 2003, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: >On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 17:46, Bill Campbell wrote: ... >> We often use rsync in server mode which has its own server for things like >> updating djbdns data files on backup DNS servers where each domain master >> has its own entry in the rsyncd.conf file restricting access to one >> directory, and to the IP address (or CIDR block) of the updating server. > >Which is the way things should be. But rsync 'out of the box' and using >the command lines I have seen in sxs update scripts use none of this. > >I just installed SuSE on a laptop and wanted to rsync to it. That is >when I discovered that the rsync daemon was not relevant, in favor of >rshd.
SuSE 8.[12] leaves most services disabled by default, and rsync needs to be enabled either by manually editing the /etc/xinetd.d/rsync file or with the yast2 interface. For that matter, I don't think that SuSE has the normal berkely ``r'' commands turned on by default either. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ The is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him. -- Robert Heinlein _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
