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NAME

       rsyncd.conf — configuration file for rsync in daemon mode

SYNOPSIS

       rsyncd.conf

DESCRIPTION

       The  rsyncd.conf  file is the runtime configuration file for rsync when
       run as an rsync daemon.

       The rsyncd.conf  file  controls  authentication,  access,  logging  and
       available modules.

FILE FORMAT

       The  file  consists of modules and parameters. A module begins with the
       name of the module in square brackets  and  continues  until  the  next
       module begins. Modules contain parameters of the form "name = value".

       The  file  is  line-based  —  that  is,  each  newline-terminated  line
       represents either a comment, a module name or a parameter.

       Only the first equals sign in a parameter  is  significant.  Whitespace
       before  or  after the first equals sign is discarded. Leading, trailing
       and internal whitespace in module and parameter  names  is  irrelevant.
       Leading  and  trailing  whitespace  in  a parameter value is discarded.
       Internal whitespace within a parameter value is retained verbatim.

       Any line beginning with a hash (#) is ignored, as are lines  containing
       only  whitespace.  Note that a hash in the middle of a line is used as-
       is, hence it is not  possible  to  put  a  comment  at  the  end  of  a
       parameter; the hash and following text becomes part of the parameter.

       Any line ending in a \ is "continued" on the next line in the customary
       UNIX fashion.

       The values following the equals sign in parameters  are  all  either  a
       string  (no  quotes needed) or a boolean, which may be given as yes/no,
       0/1 or true/false. Case is not significant in boolean  values,  but  is
       preserved in string values.

LAUNCHING THE RSYNC DAEMON

       The  rsync  daemon  is  launched  by  specifying the --daemon option to
       rsync.

       The daemon must run with root privileges if you wish to use chroot,  to
       bind  to  a port numbered under 1024 (as is the default 873), or to set
       file ownership.  Otherwise, it must just have permission  to  read  and
       write the appropriate data, log, and lock files.

       You can launch it either via inetd, as a stand-alone daemon, or from an
       rsync client via a remote shell.  If run as a stand-alone  daemon  then
       just run the command "rsync --daemon" from a suitable startup script.

       When run via inetd you should add a line like this to /etc/services:

         rsync           873/tcp

       and a single line something like this to /etc/inetd.conf:

         rsync   stream  tcp     nowait  root   /usr/bin/rsync rsyncd --daemon

       Replace  "/usr/bin/rsync"  with  the  path  to  where  you  have  rsync
       installed on your system.  You will then  need  to  send  inetd  a  HUP
       signal to tell it to reread its config file.

       Note that you should not send the rsync daemon a HUP signal to force it
       to reread the rsyncd.conf file. The file  is  re-read  on  each  client
       connection.

GLOBAL PARAMETERS

       The  first  parameters  in  the file (before a [module] header) are the
       global parameters.

       You may also include any module parameters in the global  part  of  the
       config  file in which case the supplied value will override the default
       for that parameter.

       motd file
              This parameter allows you to specify a "message of the  day"  to
              display  to  clients on each connect. This usually contains site
              information and any legal notices. The default is no motd  file.

       pid file
              This parameter tells the rsync daemon to write its process ID to
              that file.  If the file already exists, the  rsync  daemon  will
              abort rather than overwrite the file.

       port   You  can  override the default port the daemon will listen on by
              specifying this value (defaults to 873).  This is ignored if the
              daemon  is  being  run by inetd, and is superseded by the --port
              command-line option.

       address
              You can override the default IP address the daemon  will  listen
              on  by  specifying this value.  This is ignored if the daemon is
              being run by inetd, and is superseded by the --address  command-
              line option.

       socket options
              This  parameter  can  provide endless fun for people who like to
              tune their systems to the utmost degree. You can set  all  sorts
              of  socket options which may make transfers faster (or slower!).
              Read the man page for the setsockopt() system call  for  details
              on  some  of  the  options you may be able to set. By default no
              special socket options are set.   These  settings  can  also  be
              specified via the --sockopts command-line option.

MODULE PARAMETERS

       After the global parameters you should define a number of modules, each
       module exports a  directory  tree  as  a  symbolic  name.  Modules  are
       exported  by  specifying  a  module  name  in  square brackets [module]
       followed by the parameters for that module.   The  module  name  cannot
       contain  a  slash  or  a  closing square bracket.  If the name contains
       whitespace, each internal sequence of whitespace will be changed into a
       single space, while leading or trailing whitespace will be discarded.

       comment
              This  parameter specifies a description string that is displayed
              next to the module name when clients obtain a list of  available
              modules. The default is no comment.

       path   This   parameter   specifies   the  directory  in  the  daemon’s
              filesystem to make available in this module.  You  must  specify
              this parameter for each module in rsyncd.conf.

       use chroot
              If  "use  chroot"  is  true, the rsync daemon will chroot to the
              "path" before starting the file transfer with the client.   This
              has   the   advantage   of  extra  protection  against  possible
              implementation security holes, but it has the  disadvantages  of
              requiring  super-user  privileges,  of  not being able to follow
              symbolic links that are either absolute or outside  of  the  new
              root  path,  and  of  complicating the preservation of users and
              groups by name (see below).

              As an additional safety feature, you can specify  a  dot-dir  in
              the  module’s  "path"  to  indicate  the  point where the chroot
              should occur.  This allows rsync to  run  in  a  chroot  with  a
              non-"/"  path for the top of the transfer hierarchy.  Doing this
              guards against unintended library loading (since those  absolute
              paths  will not be inside the transfer hierarchy unless you have
              used an unwise pathname), and lets you setup libraries  for  the
              chroot   that   are  outside  of  the  transfer.   For  example,
              specifying   "/var/rsync/./module1"   will   chroot    to    the
              "/var/rsync"   directory  and  set  the  inside-chroot  path  to
              "/module1".  If you had omitted the dot-dir,  the  chroot  would
              have  used the whole path, and the inside-chroot path would have
              been "/".

              When "use chroot" is false or the inside-chroot path is not "/",
              rsync  will:  (1) munge symlinks by default for security reasons
              (see "munge symlinks" for a way to turn this off,  but  only  if
              you  trust  your  users),  (2)  substitute  leading  slashes  in
              absolute paths with the module’s path (so that options  such  as
              --backup-dir, --compare-dest, etc. interpret an absolute path as
              rooted in the module’s "path"  dir),  and  (3)  trim  ".."  path
              elements  from  args  if  rsync  believes  they would escape the
              module hierarchy.  The default for "use chroot" is true, and  is
              the safer choice (especially if the module is not read-only).

              When  this  parameter  is enabled, rsync will not attempt to map
              users and groups by name (by default), but instead copy  IDs  as
              though  --numeric-ids  had  been  specified.  In order to enable
              name-mapping, rsync needs to be able to use the standard library
              functions  for  looking  up  names  and  IDs (i.e.  getpwuid() ,
              getgrgid() , getpwname() , and getgrnam()  ).   This  means  the
              rsync  process  in the chroot hierarchy will need to have access
              to the resources used by these library functions  (traditionally
              /etc/passwd  and  /etc/group,  but  perhaps  additional  dynamic
              libraries as well).

              If you copy the necessary resources  into  the  module’s  chroot
              area,   you   should  protect  them  through  your  OS’s  normal
              user/group or ACL settings (to prevent the rsync  module’s  user
              from  being  able  to  change them), and then hide them from the
              user’s view via "exclude" (see how in  the  discussion  of  that
              parameter).  At that point it will be safe to enable the mapping
              of users and groups by  name  using  the  "numeric  ids"  daemon
              parameter (see below).

              Note   also  that  you  are  free  to  setup  custom  user/group
              information in the chroot  area  that  is  different  from  your
              normal  system.   For  example, you could abbreviate the list of
              users and groups.

       numeric ids
              Enabling this parameter disables the mapping of users and groups
              by name for the current daemon module.  This prevents the daemon
              from trying to load any user/group-related files  or  libraries.
              This  enabling  makes  the  transfer behave as if the client had
              passed the --numeric-ids command-line option.  By default,  this
              parameter  is  enabled  for chroot modules and disabled for non-
              chroot modules.

              A chroot-enabled module should not have this  parameter  enabled
              unless  you’ve  taken  steps  to  ensure that the module has the
              necessary resources it needs to translate names, and that it  is
              not possible for a user to change those resources.

       munge symlinks
              This  parameter tells rsync to modify all incoming symlinks in a
              way that makes them unusable but recoverable (see below).   This
              should  help  protect  your  files  from user trickery when your
              daemon module is writable.  The default is  disabled  when  "use
              chroot" is on and the inside-chroot path is "/", otherwise it is
              enabled.

              If you disable this parameter on a daemon that is not read-only,
              there  are tricks that a user can play with uploaded symlinks to
              access daemon-excluded items (if your module has any),  and,  if
              "use  chroot"  is off, rsync can even be tricked into showing or
              changing data that is outside  the  module’s  path  (as  access-
              permissions allow).

              The way rsync disables the use of symlinks is to prefix each one
              with the string "/rsyncd-munged/".  This prevents the links from
              being  used as long as that directory does not exist.  When this
              parameter is enabled, rsync will refuse to run if that path is a
              directory  or  a  symlink to a directory.  When using the "munge
              symlinks" parameter in a chroot area that has  an  inside-chroot
              path  of  "/",  you  should add "/rsyncd-munged/" to the exclude
              setting for the module so that a user can’t try to create it.

              Note:  rsync makes no attempt to verify  that  any  pre-existing
              symlinks  in the module’s hierarchy are as safe as you want them
              to  be  (unless,  of  course,  it  just  copied  in  the   whole
              hierarchy).   If  you  setup  an  rsync  daemon on a new area or
              locally add symlinks, you can  manually  protect  your  symlinks
              from being abused by prefixing "/rsyncd-munged/" to the start of
              every symlink’s value.  There is a perl script  in  the  support
              directory  of the source code named "munge-symlinks" that can be
              used to add or remove this prefix from your symlinks.

              When this parameter is disabled on a writable  module  and  "use
              chroot"  is off (or the inside-chroot path is not "/"), incoming
              symlinks will be modified to drop a leading slash and to  remove
              ".."  path  elements that rsync believes will allow a symlink to
              escape the module’s hierarchy.  There are tricky  ways  to  work
              around  this,  though, so you had better trust your users if you
              choose this combination of parameters.

       charset
              This specifies the name  of  the  character  set  in  which  the
              module’s  filenames  are  stored.  If the client uses an --iconv
              option, the daemon will use the value of the "charset" parameter
              regardless  of  the  character  set  the client actually passed.
              This allows the daemon to support charset conversion in a chroot
              module  without extra files in the chroot area, and also ensures
              that name-translation is done in a consistent  manner.   If  the
              "charset"  parameter  is not set, the --iconv option is refused,
              just as if "iconv" had been specified via "refuse options".

              If you  wish  to  force  users  to  always  use  --iconv  for  a
              particular  module,  add  "no-iconv"  to  the  "refuse  options"
              parameter.  Keep in mind that this will restrict access to  your
              module to very new rsync clients.

       max connections
              This  parameter  allows  you  to  specify  the maximum number of
              simultaneous connections you will allow.  Any clients connecting
              when the maximum has been reached will receive a message telling
              them to try later.  The default is 0, which means no  limit.   A
              negative  value  disables  the module.  See also the "lock file"
              parameter.

       log file
              When the "log file" parameter is set to a non-empty string,  the
              rsync daemon will log messages to the indicated file rather than
              using syslog. This is particularly useful on  systems  (such  as
              AIX)  where  syslog()  doesn’t  work for chrooted programs.  The
              file is opened before chroot() is  called,  allowing  it  to  be
              placed  outside  the  transfer.   If this value is set on a per-
              module basis instead of globally,  the  global  log  will  still
              contain   any   authorization   failures  or  config-file  error
              messages.

              If the daemon fails to open the specified  file,  it  will  fall
              back  to  using  syslog  and  output an error about the failure.
              (Note that the failure to open the specified log file used to be
              a fatal error.)

       syslog facility
              This parameter allows you to specify the syslog facility name to
              use when logging messages from the rsync daemon. You may use any
              standard  syslog  facility name which is defined on your system.
              Common names are auth, authpriv, cron, daemon, ftp,  kern,  lpr,
              mail,  news,  security,  syslog,  user,  uucp,  local0,  local1,
              local2, local3, local4, local5, local6 and local7.  The  default
              is daemon.  This setting has no effect if the "log file" setting
              is a non-empty string (either set in the  per-modules  settings,
              or inherited from the global settings).

       max verbosity
              This  parameter  allows  you  to  control  the maximum amount of
              verbose information that you’ll allow  the  daemon  to  generate
              (since  the  information goes into the log file). The default is
              1, which allows the client to request one level of verbosity.

       lock file
              This parameter specifies the file to use  to  support  the  "max
              connections"  parameter. The rsync daemon uses record locking on
              this file to ensure  that  the  max  connections  limit  is  not
              exceeded  for the modules sharing the lock file.  The default is
              /var/run/rsyncd.lock.

       read only
              This parameter determines whether clients will be able to upload
              files  or not. If "read only" is true then any attempted uploads
              will fail. If "read only" is false then uploads will be possible
              if  file  permissions on the daemon side allow them. The default
              is for all modules to be read only.

       write only
              This parameter  determines  whether  clients  will  be  able  to
              download  files  or  not.  If  "write  only"  is  true  then any
              attempted downloads will fail. If "write  only"  is  false  then
              downloads  will  be  possible  if file permissions on the daemon
              side allow them.  The  default  is  for  this  parameter  to  be
              disabled.

       list   This  parameter  determines if this module should be listed when
              the client asks for a listing of available modules.  By  setting
              this  to false you can create hidden modules. The default is for
              modules to be listable.

       uid    This parameter specifies the user name  or  user  ID  that  file
              transfers  to and from that module should take place as when the
              daemon was run as root. In combination with the "gid"  parameter
              this determines what file permissions are available. The default
              is uid -2, which is normally the user "nobody".

       gid    This parameter specifies the group name or group  ID  that  file
              transfers  to and from that module should take place as when the
              daemon was run as root. This complements  the  "uid"  parameter.
              The default is gid -2, which is normally the group "nobody".

       fake super
              Setting  "fake  super = yes" for a module causes the daemon side
              to behave as if the --fake-user  command-line  option  had  been
              specified.   This  allows  the  full  attributes of a file to be
              stored without having to have the  daemon  actually  running  as
              root.

       filter The  daemon  has its own filter chain that determines what files
              it will let the client access.  This chain is not  sent  to  the
              client  and  is  independent  of any filters the client may have
              specified.  Files excluded by the daemon filter  chain  (daemon-
              excluded  files) are treated as non-existent if the client tries
              to pull them, are skipped with an error message  if  the  client
              tries  to  push  them  (triggering  exit code 23), and are never
              deleted from the module.  You can use daemon filters to  prevent
              clients    from    downloading   or   tampering   with   private
              administrative files, such as  files  you  may  add  to  support
              uid/gid name translations.

              The  daemon  filter  chain  is built from the "filter", "include
              from", "include", "exclude from", and "exclude"  parameters,  in
              that  order  of priority.  Anchored patterns are anchored at the
              root of the module.  To prevent access to an entire subtree, for
              example,  "/secret", you must exclude everything in the subtree;
              the easiest way to do this is with a  triple-star  pattern  like
              "/secret/***".

              The  "filter"  parameter  takes a space-separated list of daemon
              filter rules, though it is smart enough to know not to  split  a
              token  at  an internal space in a rule (e.g. "- /foo  — /bar" is
              parsed as two rules).  You may specify one  or  more  merge-file
              rules  using the normal syntax.  Only one "filter" parameter can
              apply to a given module in the config file, so put all the rules
              you  want in a single parameter.  Note that per-directory merge-
              file rules do not provide as much protection  as  global  rules,
              but  they  can  be  used  to  make --delete work better during a
              client  download  operation  if  the  per-dir  merge  files  are
              included  in  the  transfer and the client requests that they be
              used.

       exclude
              This parameter takes a space-separated list  of  daemon  exclude
              patterns.   As with the client --exclude option, patterns can be
              qualified  with  "-  "  or   "+   "   to   explicitly   indicate
              exclude/include.   Only  one  "exclude" parameter can apply to a
              given module.  See the "filter" parameter for a  description  of
              how excluded files affect the daemon.

       include
              Use  an  "include"  to  override  the  effects  of the "exclude"
              parameter.  Only one "include" parameter can apply  to  a  given
              module.   See  the  "filter"  parameter for a description of how
              excluded files affect the daemon.

       exclude from
              This parameter specifies the name of a file on the  daemon  that
              contains  daemon  exclude  patterns,  one  per  line.   Only one
              "exclude from" parameter can apply to a  given  module;  if  you
              have  multiple  exclude-from  files,  you  can specify them as a
              merge  file  in  the  "filter"  parameter.   See  the   "filter"
              parameter  for  a  description  of how excluded files affect the
              daemon.

       include from
              Analogue  of  "exclude  from"  for  a  file  of  daemon  include
              patterns.   Only  one  "include  from"  parameter can apply to a
              given module.  See the "filter" parameter for a  description  of
              how excluded files affect the daemon.

       incoming chmod
              This  parameter  allows  you to specify a set of comma-separated
              chmod strings that will affect the permissions of  all  incoming
              files  (files  that  are  being  received by the daemon).  These
              changes happen after all other permission calculations, and this
              will   even   override   destination-default   and/or   existing
              permissions when the client does not specify --perms.   See  the
              description of the --chmod rsync option and the chmod(1) manpage
              for information on the format of this string.

       outgoing chmod
              This parameter allows you to specify a  set  of  comma-separated
              chmod  strings  that will affect the permissions of all outgoing
              files (files that are being sent out from  the  daemon).   These
              changes  happen  first, making the sent permissions appear to be
              different than those  stored  in  the  filesystem  itself.   For
              instance,  you  could  disable  group  write  permissions on the
              server while having it appear to be on to the clients.  See  the
              description of the --chmod rsync option and the chmod(1) manpage
              for information on the format of this string.

       auth users
              This parameter specifies a comma  and  space-separated  list  of
              usernames  that  will  be allowed to connect to this module. The
              usernames do  not  need  to  exist  on  the  local  system.  The
              usernames  may  also contain shell wildcard characters. If "auth
              users" is set then the client will be  challenged  to  supply  a
              username  and  password  to  connect  to the module. A challenge
              response authentication protocol is used for this exchange.  The
              plain  text  usernames  and  passwords  are  stored  in the file
              specified by the "secrets file" parameter. The  default  is  for
              all  users  to  be  able  to connect without a password (this is
              called "anonymous rsync").

              See also the section entitled "USING RSYNC-DAEMON FEATURES VIA A
              REMOTE  SHELL  CONNECTION"  in  rsync(1)  for information on how
              handle an  rsyncd.conf-level  username  that  differs  from  the
              remote-shell-level username when using a remote shell to connect
              to an rsync daemon.

       secrets file
              This parameter specifies the name of a file  that  contains  the
              username:password  pairs  used  for  authenticating this module.
              This file is only consulted if the  "auth  users"  parameter  is
              specified. The file is line based and contains username:password
              pairs separated by a single colon. Any line starting with a hash
              (#)  is  considered  a comment and is skipped. The passwords can
              contain any characters but be warned that many operating systems
              limit  the  length  of passwords that can be typed at the client
              end, so you may find that passwords  longer  than  8  characters
              don’t work.

              There  is  no default for the "secrets file" parameter, you must
              choose a name (such  as  /etc/rsyncd.secrets).   The  file  must
              normally not be readable by "other"; see "strict modes".

       strict modes
              This  parameter determines whether or not the permissions on the
              secrets file will be checked.  If "strict modes" is  true,  then
              the  secrets file must not be readable by any user ID other than
              the one that the rsync daemon  is  running  under.   If  "strict
              modes"  is  false,  the  check is not performed.  The default is
              true.  This parameter was added to accommodate rsync running  on
              the Windows operating system.

       hosts allow
              This parameter allows you to specify a list of patterns that are
              matched against a connecting clients hostname and IP address. If
              none of the patterns match then the connection is rejected.

              Each pattern can be in one of five forms:

              o      a  dotted decimal IPv4 address of the form a.b.c.d, or an
                     IPv6 address of the form a:b:c::d:e:f. In this  case  the
                     incoming machine’s IP address must match exactly.

              o      an  address/mask in the form ipaddr/n where ipaddr is the
                     IP address and n  is  the  number  of  one  bits  in  the
                     netmask.   All  IP  addresses  which  match the masked IP
                     address will be allowed in.

              o      an address/mask in the form ipaddr/maskaddr where  ipaddr
                     is  the  IP address and maskaddr is the netmask in dotted
                     decimal notation for IPv4,  or  similar  for  IPv6,  e.g.
                     ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::  instead  of  /64. All IP addresses
                     which match the masked IP address will be allowed in.

              o      a hostname. The  hostname  as  determined  by  a  reverse
                     lookup  will  be  matched  (case insensitive) against the
                     pattern. Only an exact match is allowed in.

              o      a hostname pattern using  wildcards.  These  are  matched
                     using the same rules as normal unix filename matching. If
                     the pattern matches then the client is allowed in.

              Note IPv6 link-local addresses can have a scope in  the  address
              specification:

                  fe80::1%link1
                  fe80::%link1/64
                  fe80::%link1/ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::

              You  can also combine "hosts allow" with a separate "hosts deny"
              parameter. If both parameters  are  specified  then  the  "hosts
              allow"  parameter  is  checked  first and a match results in the
              client being able to connect. The "hosts deny" parameter is then
              checked and a match means that the host is rejected. If the host
              does not match either the "hosts  allow"  or  the  "hosts  deny"
              patterns then it is allowed to connect.

              The default is no "hosts allow" parameter, which means all hosts
              can connect.

       hosts deny
              This parameter allows you to specify a list of patterns that are
              matched against a connecting clients hostname and IP address. If
              the pattern matches then the connection  is  rejected.  See  the
              "hosts allow" parameter for more information.

              The  default is no "hosts deny" parameter, which means all hosts
              can connect.

       ignore errors
              This parameter tells rsyncd to ignore I/O errors on  the  daemon
              when  deciding  whether to run the delete phase of the transfer.
              Normally rsync skips the --delete step if any  I/O  errors  have
              occurred  in  order  to  prevent  disastrous  deletion  due to a
              temporary resource shortage or other I/O error.  In  some  cases
              this test is counter productive so you can use this parameter to
              turn off this behavior.

       ignore nonreadable
              This tells the rsync daemon to completely ignore files that  are
              not  readable  by  the  user. This is useful for public archives
              that may have some non-readable files among the directories, and
              the sysadmin doesn’t want those files to be seen at all.

       transfer logging
              This parameter enables per-file logging of downloads and uploads
              in a format somewhat similar to that used by ftp  daemons.   The
              daemon  always logs the transfer at the end, so if a transfer is
              aborted, no mention will be made in the log file.

              If you want to customize the log lines,  see  the  "log  format"
              parameter.

       log format
              This parameter allows you to specify the format used for logging
              file transfers when transfer logging is enabled.  The format  is
              a   text  string  containing  embedded  single-character  escape
              sequences prefixed with a percent (%)  character.   An  optional
              numeric  field  width  may also be specified between the percent
              and the escape letter (e.g. "%-50n %8l %07p").

              The default log format is "%o %h [%a] %m (%u) %f %l", and a  "%t
              [%p]  "  is always prefixed when using the "log file" parameter.
              (A perl script that will summarize this default  log  format  is
              included  in the rsync source code distribution in the "support"
              subdirectory: rsyncstats.)

              The single-character escapes that are understood are as follows:

              o      %a the remote IP address

              o      %b the number of bytes actually transferred

              o      %B the permission bits of the file (e.g. rwxrwxrwt)

              o      %c the total size of the block checksums received for the
                     basis file (only when sending)

              o      %f the filename (long form on sender; no trailing "/")

              o      %G the gid of the file (decimal) or "DEFAULT"

              o      %h the remote host name

              o      %i an itemized list of what is being updated

              o      %l the length of the file in bytes

              o      %L the string " -> SYMLINK", " => HARDLINK", or "" (where
                     SYMLINK or HARDLINK is a filename)

              o      %m the module name

              o      %M the last-modified time of the file

              o      %n the filename (short form; trailing "/" on dir)

              o      %o the operation, which is "send", "recv", or "del." (the
                     latter includes the trailing period)

              o      %p the process ID of this rsync session

              o      %P the module path

              o      %t the current date time

              o      %u the authenticated username or an empty string

              o      %U the uid of the file (decimal)

              For a list of what the characters mean that are output by  "%i",
              see the --itemize-changes option in the rsync manpage.

              Note  that  some  of the logged output changes when talking with
              older rsync versions.  For instance,  deleted  files  were  only
              output as verbose messages prior to rsync 2.6.4.

       timeout
              This parameter allows you to override the clients choice for I/O
              timeout for this module. Using this  parameter  you  can  ensure
              that  rsync  won’t wait on a dead client forever. The timeout is
              specified in seconds. A value of zero means no  timeout  and  is
              the  default.  A  good choice for anonymous rsync daemons may be
              600 (giving a 10 minute timeout).

       refuse options
              This parameter allows you to specify a space-separated  list  of
              rsync  command  line  options that will be refused by your rsync
              daemon.  You may specify the full option  name,  its  one-letter
              abbreviation,  or  a  wild-card  string  that  matches  multiple
              options.  For example, this would refuse --checksum (-c) and all
              the various delete options:

                  refuse options = c delete

              The  reason  the  above  refuses  all delete options is that the
              options imply --delete, and implied  options  are  refused  just
              like  explicit  options.   As  an additional safety feature, the
              refusal of "delete" also refuses  remove-source-files  when  the
              daemon is the sender; if you want the latter without the former,
              instead refuse "delete-*" — that refuses all  the  delete  modes
              without affecting --remove-source-files.

              When  an  option  is refused, the daemon prints an error message
              and exits.  To prevent all compression when serving  files,  you
              can  use  "dont  compress  =  *"  (see below) instead of "refuse
              options = compress" to avoid returning an error to a client that
              requests compression.

       dont compress
              This  parameter allows you to select filenames based on wildcard
              patterns that should not be compressed when pulling  files  from
              the  daemon (no analogous parameter exists to govern the pushing
              of files to a daemon).  Compression is expensive in terms of CPU
              usage,  so  it is usually good to not try to compress files that
              won’t compress well, such as already compressed files.

              The "dont compress" parameter takes a  space-separated  list  of
              case-insensitive wildcard patterns. Any source filename matching
              one of the patterns will not be compressed during transfer.

              See the --skip-compress parameter in the  rsync(1)  manpage  for
              the  list  of  file suffixes that are not compressed by default.
              Specifying a value for the "dont compress" parameter changes the
              default when the daemon is the sender.

       pre-xfer exec, post-xfer exec
              You  may  specify  a  command  to be run before and/or after the
              transfer.  If the pre-xfer exec command fails, the  transfer  is
              aborted before it begins.

              The following environment variables will be set, though some are
              specific to the pre-xfer or the post-xfer environment:

              o      RSYNC_MODULE_NAME: The name of the module being accessed.

              o      RSYNC_MODULE_PATH: The path configured for the module.

              o      RSYNC_HOST_ADDR: The accessing host’s IP address.

              o      RSYNC_HOST_NAME: The accessing host’s name.

              o      RSYNC_USER_NAME:  The  accessing user’s name (empty if no
                     user).

              o      RSYNC_PID: A unique number for this transfer.

              o      RSYNC_REQUEST:  (pre-xfer  only)  The  module/path   info
                     specified  by  the  user  (note that the user can specify
                     multiple source files, so the request  can  be  something
                     like "mod/path1 mod/path2", etc.).

              o      RSYNC_ARG#: (pre-xfer only) The pre-request arguments are
                     set  in  these  numbered  values.  RSYNC_ARG0  is  always
                     "rsyncd", and the last value contains a single period.

              o      RSYNC_EXIT_STATUS:  (post-xfer  only)  the  server side’s
                     exit value.  This will be  0  for  a  successful  run,  a
                     positive value for an error that the server generated, or
                     a -1 if rsync failed to  exit  properly.   Note  that  an
                     error  that  occurs on the client side does not currently
                     get sent to the server side, so this  is  not  the  final
                     exit status for the whole transfer.

              o      RSYNC_RAW_STATUS:  (post-xfer  only)  the  raw exit value
                     from waitpid() .

              Even though the commands can be  associated  with  a  particular
              module,  they  are  run  using  the permissions of the user that
              started the daemon (not the module’s  uid/gid  setting)  without
              any chroot restrictions.

AUTHENTICATION STRENGTH

       The  authentication  protocol  used  in  rsync  is  a 128 bit MD4 based
       challenge response system. This is fairly weak protection, though (with
       at least one brute-force hash-finding algorithm publicly available), so
       if you want really top-quality security, then I recommend that you  run
       rsync  over ssh.  (Yes, a future version of rsync will switch over to a
       stronger hashing method.)

       Also note that the rsync daemon protocol does not currently provide any
       encryption  of  the  data that is transferred over the connection. Only
       authentication is provided. Use  ssh  as  the  transport  if  you  want
       encryption.

       Future  versions of rsync may support SSL for better authentication and
       encryption, but that is still being investigated.

EXAMPLES

       A simple rsyncd.conf file that allow anonymous rsync to a ftp  area  at
       /home/ftp would be:

       [ftp]
               path = /home/ftp
               comment = ftp export area

       A more sophisticated example would be:

       uid = nobody
       gid = nobody
       use chroot = yes
       max connections = 4
       syslog facility = local5
       pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid

       [ftp]
               path = /var/ftp/./pub
               comment = whole ftp area (approx 6.1 GB)

       [sambaftp]
               path = /var/ftp/./pub/samba
               comment = Samba ftp area (approx 300 MB)

       [rsyncftp]
               path = /var/ftp/./pub/rsync
               comment = rsync ftp area (approx 6 MB)

       [sambawww]
               path = /public_html/samba
               comment = Samba WWW pages (approx 240 MB)

       [cvs]
               path = /data/cvs
               comment = CVS repository (requires authentication)
               auth users = tridge, susan
               secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets

       The /etc/rsyncd.secrets file would look something like this:

              tridge:mypass
              susan:herpass

FILES

       /etc/rsyncd.conf or rsyncd.conf

SEE ALSO

       rsync(1)

DIAGNOSTICS

BUGS

       Please  report  bugs!  The  rsync  bug  tracking  system  is  online at
       http://rsync.samba.org/

VERSION

       This man page is current for version 3.0.7 of rsync.

CREDITS

       rsync is distributed under  the  GNU  public  license.   See  the  file
       COPYING for details.

       The primary ftp site for rsync is ftp://rsync.samba.org/pub/rsync.

       A WEB site is available at http://rsync.samba.org/

       We would be delighted to hear from you if you like this program.

       This  program  uses  the  zlib compression library written by Jean-loup
       Gailly and Mark Adler.

THANKS

       Thanks to Warren Stanley for his original idea and patch for the  rsync
       daemon.  Thanks  to  Karsten  Thygesen  for  his  many  suggestions and
       documentation!

AUTHOR

       rsync was written by Andrew Tridgell and Paul Mackerras.   Many  people
       have later contributed to it.

       Mailing   lists   for   support   and   development  are  available  at
       http://lists.samba.org

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