rsync - May 2002 - Problems getting rsync working...

I am having some problems getting rsync working.

No files get copied, although the server HD light DOES come on for about a 
second when I run the client rsync command.

The /etc/rsyncd.conf on the server:
=============================uid = root
gid = root
log = /var/log/rsync.log
read only = no

[email]
# Email data files from /var/spool/mail on Proxy (192.168.0.100)
path = /home/databackup/
=============================
/home/databackup:
 4 drwxrwxrwx    3 root     root         4096 May 15 14:34 databackup

The /etc/hosts file on the client:
192.168.0.250           StorageServer

The /etc/services file on the server:

[root@StorageServer etc]# grep rsync /etc/services
rsync           873/tcp                         # rsync
rsync           873/udp                         # rsync

The command which is run on the client:
rsync -avt /var/spool/mail StorageServer::email
I have also tried /tmp but it is still the same.

I am running the command as root, and the root passwords on both systems are 
the same.

There is no logfile. I have tried to create one and chmoded it to 777, but 
nothing gets written in there. I have also tried changing the logfile 
location to /tmp but it still doesn't get created.

The client is running rsync-2.4.4-1 on RedHat 7.0 and the server is running 
rsync-2.5.4-2 on Redhat 7.3. I have tried to upgrade rsync on the 7.0 PC but 
it requires a new version of glibc, which I cannot install due to lots of 
dependancy issues.


Can anyone shed any light on this?


Regards,
Brad

On Thu, 16 May 2002, Brad wrote:
> The command which is run on the client:
> rsync -avt /var/spool/mail StorageServer::email
Did you either startup an "rsync --daemon" manually on the server or
setup [x]inetd to spawn "rsync --daemon" when someone connects to the
rsync port?  When you use the "::" syntax, there needs to be an rsync
daemon to handle the connection.  The alternative is to use just one
":"
instead of "::" and let ssh handle the connection.

..wayne..

One thing I see is that the module-specific "read only = no" is in the
global section.  As far as I know, that will make it be ignored.

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Brad <bradb@sportingwheelies.org.au>
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I am having some problems getting rsync working.

No files get copied, although the server HD light DOES come on for about a 

second when I run the client rsync command.

The /etc/rsyncd.conf on the server:
=============================uid = root
gid = root
log = /var/log/rsync.log
read only = no

[email]
# Email data files from /var/spool/mail on Proxy (192.168.0.100)
path = /home/databackup/
=============================
/home/databackup:
 4 drwxrwxrwx    3 root     root         4096 May 15 14:34 databackup

The /etc/hosts file on the client:
192.168.0.250           StorageServer

The /etc/services file on the server:

[root@StorageServer etc]# grep rsync /etc/services
rsync           873/tcp                         # rsync
rsync           873/udp                         # rsync

The command which is run on the client:
rsync -avt /var/spool/mail StorageServer::email
I have also tried /tmp but it is still the same.

I am running the command as root, and the root passwords on both systems 
are 
the same.

There is no logfile. I have tried to create one and chmoded it to 777, but 

nothing gets written in there. I have also tried changing the logfile 
location to /tmp but it still doesn't get created.

The client is running rsync-2.4.4-1 on RedHat 7.0 and the server is 
running 
rsync-2.5.4-2 on Redhat 7.3. I have tried to upgrade rsync on the 7.0 PC 
but 
it requires a new version of glibc, which I cannot install due to lots of 
dependancy issues.


Can anyone shed any light on this?


Regards,
Brad


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