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...nects to the firewall, and directs port 873 on "you" through the ssh tunnel, and out the other end at port 873 on the target. Now when rsync is executed, which talks on port 873, the conversation is directed to the target. In another window execute you~$ rsync -arv localhost::<rsync_server_module_name>/source ./dest Advantages of Method #2 ----------------------- * If you are the one administering the rsync server, you have finer control over who can access what files * Removes the passwordless access to the target machine Disadvantages of Method #2 -------------------------...