Hi all, I have configured the configuration files rsyncd.conf,rsyncd.secrets and pid files of Server side. when I try to execute the the following command on client side, I am getting this error. rsync -avzrpog backup@192.168.0.17::test /home/backup --password-file=/home/backup/password Error Messages: @ERROR: auth failed on module test Server Log Messages: rsyncd[7490]:secrets file must not be other-accessible (see strict modes option) rsyncd[7490]: continuing without secrets file rsyncd[7490]: auth failed on module test from rt.naturesoft.com (192.168.0.174) Can any one help me. My Configuratoin file for rsyncd.conf #### rsyncd.conf file #### uid = backup gid = backup pid file = /etc/rsyncd.pid syslog facility = daemon [test] #Module name could be any name path = /home/backup comment = user related any info auth users = backup hosts allow = 192.168.0.0/24 secrets file =/etc/rsyncd.secrets max connection = 0 #use chroot = true timeout = 60 #### End of configuration file #### My Configuration file for rsyncd.secrets backup:backup Can any one help me out. With Regards, J.Mani Ezhilan -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed