On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 06:59:21PM +0000, Willis L. Sarka wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I posted a little while back my confusion as to why I couldn't get rsync
> to work over ssh. Someone mentioned that if the client is connecting to
> an rsync server (rsync --daemon), that you _couldn't_ use ssh. I've seen
> other posts of using rsync & ssh /w RSAAuthenticaiton enabled.
>
> My question is this: Will I have to run rsync from inetd on the server
> side for synchronization/authentication via ssh to work? Or can I use the
> --daemon option and use ssh as a secure pipe to transfer data over?
Neither. It makes no difference if you run it from inetd or not if you're
using --daemon, neither one uses ssh. If you want to use ssh, you completely
bypass the --daemon mode and rsyncd.conf; use the single colon syntax and
-e ssh. When you use the double-colon or rsync:// syntax, -e is ignored.
> I'm testing some configurations right now, but I would appreciate any
> input and or pointers to some good howtos or docs.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Will
- Dave Dykstra
