> On 15 Jun 2017, at 19:29, Karl O. Pinc via rsync <rsync@lists.samba.org> > wrote: > > On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 13:23:44 +0000 > just subscribed for rsync-qa from bugzilla via rsync > <rsync@lists.samba.org> wrote: > >> https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12819 >> >> --- Comment #7 from Ben RUBSON <ben.rub...@gmail.com> --- > >> Note that my patch simply adds a sync() just after recv_files(), so >> one sync() per connection, not per write operation. > >> But we could make this a rsync option, so that one can enable / >> disable it on its own. > > I think the "right" rsync option to add (because rsync does > not have enough options already ;-) is a --hook-post option. > It would run something (a `sync` in your case) on the > remote end after finishing. There are clear security issues > here. > > Rather than having --hook-post and having to do something > (a server side config option that says what --hook-post > can do?) to address the security concerns it seems much > simpler to improve the rsync documentation regarding running > the rsync server side.
--daemon (if used) already has post-xfer option, but as explained in the bug report, could be hard to use when daemon is chrooted. > I'm still using command="rsync --server --daemon ." in my > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file on the remote end. It'd be simple > enough to add, say, a "sync" to the end of this to force a sync > when rsync finishes. It would however sync() even if the client only read files. > The problem is that the --server (and, especially, > --daemon) documentation has gone away. Or at least > left the man page. (v3.1.1, Debian 8, Jessie) Except > for a hint that --server exists at the bottom. Are you looking for `man rsyncd.conf` ? > If the server side of rsync was better documented then > perhaps a simple inetd rsync service (or --rsync-path > or -e value, etc.) would be easy for the end-user to > cobble together to meet needs such as this. > > Can somebody please explain --server? (And --sender, I guess.) > I might (possibly) be motivated to send in a man page patch. > > Regards, > > Karl <k...@meme.com> Thank you for your feedback Karl ! Ben -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html