On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 07:19:54PM -0600, Dee Jay Randall wrote:
>
> I spent some hours trying to figure out why my rsync
> configuration would work with anonymous access, but when
> I tried to add an auth users line it would not work.
>
> I finally discovered that this error message:
> > kermadec[67]% rsync -a -v vssadmin@backup::vssarchives/ ./
> > Password:
> > @ERROR: auth failed on module vssarchives
>
> means that my secrets file was too readable.
>
> A "chmod 600 /etc/rsyncd.secrets" fixed the problem.
>
> Perhaps the error message could be more specific and/or
> the "secrets file" entry in the man page could mention
> "see strict modes", which I now only find because I know
> what I am looking for.
A more descriptive error message goes into the server side's log. I don't
think there's a mechanism to send a more descriptive message to the client.
I agree that a reference to "strict modes" should be in the "secrets file"
entry in the man page. I added it to the rsync CVS.
- Dave Dykstra
