rsync - Apr 2011 - Server mode and rsyncd.conf

When rsync is used in remote-shell server mode, the documentation says:

"Rsync supports connecting to a host using a remote shell and then spawning
a
single-use "daemon" server that expects to read its config file in the
home
dir of the remote user."

I have been trying to make rsync read a config file (which I presume should be
named rsyncd.conf) in the home directory of the remote user like so:

[all]
	path = /
	read only = true

Presumably, this file would make the remote-shell transfers one way only (from
the remote end to the local end) by making the remote file system read-only.
But it doesn't work; it doesn't seem like rsync actually reads a config
file
in the user's home directory.

Documentation error, or am I not understanding something?

Thanks
-G.
--
Glenn Eychaner (geychaner at lco.cl)
Telescope Systems Programmer, Las Campanas Observatory

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Glenn Eychaner <geychaner at mac.com>
wrote:
> "Rsync supports connecting to a host using a remote shell and then
spawning
> a single-use "daemon" server that expects to read its config file
in the
> home dir of the remote user."
>
You should read the manpage section "USING RSYNC-DAEMON FEATURES VIA A
REMOTE-SHELL CONNECTION".  It shows you how to combine the daemon-accessing
syntax (which it sounds like you aren't using) with the -e (--rsh) option to
achieve an ssh daemon connection.  If you want to force this for all ssh
access to that user, you need to look into using ssh forced commands (where
you either force the command "rsync --server --daemon .", or you force
a
script that checks the $SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND and outputs an error if it is
not that).  See also the rrsync script in the support directory that offers
a non-daemon way to force an incoming rsync into read-only mode (using a
forced "rrsync" command).

..wayne..
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