A while back, there was a patch for a "write only" option in rsyncd.conf[1]. I use rsync for network backups, and I would be slightly more comfortable if other hosts couldn't read their backups (even though they can clobber them). Imagine that I scrub some sensitive data just before someone steals my laptop. I don't want him to be able to retrieve the data from backup. (I know, this scenario is rather far-fetched.) Is there any interest in reviving this patch? Andrew [1] http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2002-February/001689.html
On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 12:45:43AM -0500, Andrew Pimlott wrote:> Is there any interest in reviving this patch?The diff has been in the "patches" dir of CVS for a while now, and is being considered for inclusion in a future release. ..wayne..