rsync - Apr 2007 - rsync daemon only accessable as root

Hi,

 

I'm trying to setup an rsync daemon such that I can synchronize my home pc
(or other remote system) with my pc at work. I'm fairly new to linux and am
just starting to learn its amazing possibilities. I followed an online
toturial to create a rsyncd.conf file which reads:

 

#motd file = /etc/rsyncd.motd

log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log

pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid

lock file = /var/run/rsync.lock

refuse options = delete

 

[test]

        path = /home/user/test

        comment = rsync test

        use chroot = yes

        gid = nobody

        uid = nobody

        read only = no

        list = yes

        auth users = user

        secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets

        # Limit access from LAN

        hosts allow=127.0.0.1, <home-ip>

        hosts deny=*

 

Then I start the daemon as: sudo rsync -daemon (as user it doesn't seem to
start).

 

Now when I am at home I can only access the daemon using:

 

rsync -av -e "ssh -l root" user@<host-ip>::test /dest

 

i.e. it will only function as root, which is undesirable. I'd like to use
something like:

 

rsync -av -e "ssh -l ssh-user" user@<host-ip>::test /dest,

 

but this produces the error

 

rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [receiver]

rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(463)
[receiver=2.6.8]

 

What am I overlooking? I hope someone can help me, 

 

Regards,

 

Peter

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On Wed 18 Apr 2007, Peter van Leuven wrote:
> 
> [test]
>         path = /home/user/test
>         comment = rsync test
>         use chroot = yes
>         gid = nobody
>         uid = nobody
>         read only = no
>         list = yes
>         auth users = user
>         secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets
>         # Limit access from LAN
>         hosts allow=127.0.0.1, <home-ip>
>         hosts deny=*
[I removed all the extra empty lines, makes it a lot easier to read]
> Then I start the daemon as: sudo rsync -daemon (as user it doesn't seem
to
> start).
As non-root you're not allowed to bind to port 873.
> Now when I am at home I can only access the daemon using:
> 
> rsync -av -e "ssh -l root" user@<host-ip>::test /dest
> 
> i.e. it will only function as root, which is undesirable. I'd like to
use
> something like:
> 
> rsync -av -e "ssh -l ssh-user" user@<host-ip>::test /dest,
> 
> but this produces the error
If you're using :: notation together with -e ssh, then you're telling
rsync to open an ssh connection to the host, and there start a *new*
rsync "daemon" for this one-time use; see USING RSYNC-DAEMON FEATURES
VIA A REMOTE-SHELL CONNECTION in the manpage.

You should be running:
    rsync -av user@<host-ip>::test /dest
unless your network prohibits connecting to the rsync daemon port (eg.
firewall somewhere along the route). If that's the case, you shouldn't
have rsync already running as a daemon (at least, for this scenario).
Note also in particular the text "spawning a single-use "daemon"
server
that expects to read its config file in the home dir of the remote
user." in the manpage in the aforementioned section.


Paul Slootman