rsync - Oct 2010 - module and extended ACL

hi there,

I want to setup a rsyncd module with these kind of permissions :

[moduleXX]
- read-only for 'user1', 'user2', ...
- read-write for 'user3'

or maybe

[moduleXX]
- read-only for everyone (anonymous access)
- read-write for 'user1'

As far as I know, I should setup 2 distinct modules
with different permissions, but sharing the same physical directory.

Is there any better way to do this ? found a thread here:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.rsync.general/21001
But seems like this patch on "auth users" direction never entered the
official distribution.

thanks for any suggestions
Tom
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On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 7:57 AM, thomas veymont <thomas.veymont at
gmail.com>wrote:
> As far as I know, I should setup 2 distinct modules with different
> permissions, but sharing the same physical directory.
>
Right.  That's the only solution for now.  The patch you cited (which should
eventually be promoted to the 3.1.0dev code) does allow differentiation of
ro/rw based on user, but some kind of user/group login is required (e.g.
password-less anonymous access won't ever succeed for a module that has auth
defined).

One thing that can help out with the configuration of multiple modules is
available if you're using the 3.1.0dev (git) release, you can use a
"&merge
file" directive to read the common settings from one place:

[foobar]
    &merge /some/foobar.conf
    read only = yes
[foobar-auth]
    &merge /some/foobar.conf
    read only = no
    auth users = joe sam jane

You'd put the "path = /whatever" (etc.) settings in the
foobar.conf file.

..wayne..
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