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On Thu, Jun 26, 2025, 5:36 PM Robert Moskowitz via users < [email protected]> wrote: > > > On 6/26/25 5:26 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM Robert Moskowitz via users > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I *AM* running rsyncd on the target server. > >> > >> If I provide: > >> > >> rsync -ah --stats /home/rgm/r/ rsync://rgm@homestor/rgm/r/ > >> > >> I get prompted for the password in the /etc/rsyncd.secrets file, and it > >> works. > >> > >> I now create a local file ~/rsync.pswd with chmod 440, and run: > >> > >> rsync -ah --password-file=/home/rgm/rsync.pswd --stats /home/rgm/r/ > >> rsync://rgm@homestor/rgm/r/ > >> > >> it fails with: > >> > >> @ERROR: auth failed on module rgm > >> rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at > >> main.c(1850) [sender=3.4.1] > >> > >> rsync.pswd format is: > >> > >> rgm:password > >> > >> where password is what is in the server's rsyncd.secrets and what I > >> provided to the interactive prompt. > >> > >> What am I missing here? > > Form rsync(1) man page: > > > > --password-file > > > > This option allows you to provide a password in a file for > > accessing an rsync daemon. The file must not be world readable. It > > should contain just the password as a single line. > > I read that description a number of times, and just did not catch that > ONLY the password is in the file.... > > > Sheesh. > > Well now it works! > > Thanks > > -- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue >
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