Hello all, I'm not a total newbie, but probably close enough. I have tried to find the answer to this question, but have been unsuccessful. I'm testing out rsync over ssh using empty passphrases between 2 OpenBSD 3.5 boxes using rsync 2.5.7 (yes i know i should upgrade, but can't because of BSD ports issues). Everything seems to be working, but I'm very confused as to why it is working. I haven't started rsync in daemon mode on the box I'm retrieving files from and there's nothing in /etc/inetd.conf either. I've placed an rsyncd.conf file in the directory of the rsync user and it seems to be reading the file. Is this normal? The documentation states that "The rsyncd.conf file is the runtime configuration file for rsync wen run as an rsync server." But as far as I can figure all I've done is installed the rsync client on both boxes. I guess my question is if rsyncd.conf is for daemon mode why/how is it reading my rsyncd.conf file? There is no rsync process running on my target server so I'm guessing that it's because I'm using SSH as the transport, but how does it know to use the rsyncd.conf file in that particular directory or at all for that matter? Happy it's working, but confused as to why. Thanks in advance!!!
If you use -e ssh with :: or rsync:// syntax, it sshes over and starts and uses a private rsyncd in ssh tunnel. If you use it with single-colon syntax, it starts an rsync listener on the other end that obeys commands and passes data. 73, Tim Conway Unix System Administration Contractor - IBM Global Services - ODCS desk:3039240938 conway@us.ibm.com Philip Thompson <pthomp@gmail.com> Sent by: rsync-bounces+conway=us.ibm.com@lists.samba.org 03/03/2005 09:29 AM Please respond to Philip Thompson To rsync@lists.samba.org cc Subject rsyncd.conf without --daemon? Hello all, I'm not a total newbie, but probably close enough. I have tried to find the answer to this question, but have been unsuccessful. I'm testing out rsync over ssh using empty passphrases between 2 OpenBSD 3.5 boxes using rsync 2.5.7 (yes i know i should upgrade, but can't because of BSD ports issues). Everything seems to be working, but I'm very confused as to why it is working. I haven't started rsync in daemon mode on the box I'm retrieving files from and there's nothing in /etc/inetd.conf either. I've placed an rsyncd.conf file in the directory of the rsync user and it seems to be reading the file. Is this normal? The documentation states that "The rsyncd.conf file is the runtime configuration file for rsync wen run as an rsync server." But as far as I can figure all I've done is installed the rsync client on both boxes. I guess my question is if rsyncd.conf is for daemon mode why/how is it reading my rsyncd.conf file? There is no rsync process running on my target server so I'm guessing that it's because I'm using SSH as the transport, but how does it know to use the rsyncd.conf file in that particular directory or at all for that matter? Happy it's working, but confused as to why. Thanks in advance!!! -- To unsubscribe or change options: lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed
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