Re: Help with rsyncd...?
On Thursday 23 September 2004 16:49, Stephen Tait wrote:
> At 16:03 23/09/2004, you wrote:
> >I've been trying to set up some method of using rsync, which will
> >eventually be deployed to copy company data from one office to the other
> >(it's a one way job, so I don't need unison) and have so far had no luck
...
> Yarg, scratch that. I didn't realise it was possible to do rsyncing without
> a server running (I found this out after I got the server running, damned
> typo in my conf file), got it all running over keyed SSH now - sorry for
> the nonsense message!
Nevertheless, you can easily run an rsync daemon. Debian sets it up
automatically for you - you just have to change the RSYNC_ENABLE tag
in /etc/default/rsync
You also need an /etc/rsyncd.conf file, but these are exceptionally easy to
create - here is mine - as you can see to provide remote access to backup
areas. (Note also the unsafe uid change is access to the [roo] backup areas)
I have even set it up as a service on windows 2000 using cygwin - so I can
access this machine for backup.
# $Log: rsyncd.conf,v $
# Revision 1.4 2002/09/27 22:17:50 alan
# Reverting to 1.2
# 27 Jul 2004 AKC Added piglet and eeyore backup areas
#
syslog facility = daemon
uid = backup
gid = backup
hosts allow = 192.168.0.0/24
hosts deny = 0.0.0.0/0
timeout = 600
read only = false
[rabbit]
path = /bak/rabbit
comment = work computer (rabbit) backup area
[pooh]
path = /bak/pooh
comment = pooh backup area
[piglet]
path = /bak/piglet
comment = piglet backup area
[eeyore]
path = /bak/eeyore
comment = eeyore backup area
[archive]
path = /bak/archive
comment = backup of kangers archive
[roo]
path = /bak/roo
comment = roo backup area
uid = root
--
Alan Chandler
alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you,
then they fight you, then you win. --Gandhi
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