Hi Julie,
> I am setting up rsync via the server method and am having a problem with
> syncing from a local server to the remote server. The command lists the
> files that should be transferred but they never are. However if I am on
the
> remote machine and request an rsync from the local then this works.
>
> ie:
>
> # rsync -avz /local/fs remote::test
> This is not working, it lists the files that are to be transferred
> but they are not received on the server "remote" in the
"test" user.
>
> # rsync -avz remote:test /local/fs
> This is working.
>
> Do you have any advice on the matter? Basically I want the local machine to
> put files on the remote system, I do not want the remote system to get the
> files.
Please check that you set the "read only = no" option on the
server's
rsyncd.conf. To promote security, the default setting is read-only.
Also please look in the log file on the server.
What version of rsync and platform are you using?
--
Martin