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0c6d7952 | 2 | manpage(rsyncd.conf)(5)(6 Nov 2006)()() |
d90338ce | 3 | manpagename(rsyncd.conf)(configuration file for rsync in daemon mode) |
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4 | manpagesynopsis() |
5 | ||
6 | rsyncd.conf | |
7 | ||
8 | manpagedescription() | |
9 | ||
10 | The rsyncd.conf file is the runtime configuration file for rsync when | |
f97c2d4a | 11 | run as an rsync daemon. |
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12 | |
13 | The rsyncd.conf file controls authentication, access, logging and | |
14 | available modules. | |
15 | ||
16 | manpagesection(FILE FORMAT) | |
17 | ||
f97c2d4a | 18 | The file consists of modules and parameters. A module begins with the |
41059f75 | 19 | name of the module in square brackets and continues until the next |
0abe148f | 20 | module begins. Modules contain parameters of the form "name = value". |
41059f75 | 21 | |
faa82484 | 22 | The file is line-based -- that is, each newline-terminated line represents |
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23 | either a comment, a module name or a parameter. |
24 | ||
f97c2d4a | 25 | Only the first equals sign in a parameter is significant. Whitespace before |
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26 | or after the first equals sign is discarded. Leading, trailing and internal |
27 | whitespace in module and parameter names is irrelevant. Leading and | |
28 | trailing whitespace in a parameter value is discarded. Internal whitespace | |
29 | within a parameter value is retained verbatim. | |
30 | ||
f97c2d4a | 31 | Any line beginning with a hash (#) is ignored, as are lines containing |
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32 | only whitespace. |
33 | ||
e22de162 | 34 | Any line ending in a \ is "continued" on the next line in the |
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35 | customary UNIX fashion. |
36 | ||
37 | The values following the equals sign in parameters are all either a string | |
38 | (no quotes needed) or a boolean, which may be given as yes/no, 0/1 or | |
39 | true/false. Case is not significant in boolean values, but is preserved | |
f97c2d4a | 40 | in string values. |
41059f75 | 41 | |
5315b793 | 42 | manpagesection(LAUNCHING THE RSYNC DAEMON) |
41059f75 | 43 | |
faa82484 | 44 | The rsync daemon is launched by specifying the bf(--daemon) option to |
f97c2d4a | 45 | rsync. |
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46 | |
47 | The daemon must run with root privileges if you wish to use chroot, to | |
48 | bind to a port numbered under 1024 (as is the default 873), or to set | |
49 | file ownership. Otherwise, it must just have permission to read and | |
50 | write the appropriate data, log, and lock files. | |
41059f75 | 51 | |
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52 | You can launch it either via inetd, as a stand-alone daemon, or from |
53 | an rsync client via a remote shell. If run as a stand-alone daemon then | |
faa82484 | 54 | just run the command "bf(rsync --daemon)" from a suitable startup script. |
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55 | |
56 | When run via inetd you should add a line like this to /etc/services: | |
57 | ||
faa82484 | 58 | verb( rsync 873/tcp) |
41059f75 | 59 | |
e22de162 | 60 | and a single line something like this to /etc/inetd.conf: |
f97c2d4a | 61 | |
faa82484 | 62 | verb( rsync stream tcp nowait root /usr/bin/rsync rsyncd --daemon) |
41059f75 | 63 | |
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64 | Replace "/usr/bin/rsync" with the path to where you have rsync installed on |
65 | your system. You will then need to send inetd a HUP signal to tell it to | |
66 | reread its config file. | |
41059f75 | 67 | |
d90338ce | 68 | Note that you should bf(not) send the rsync daemon a HUP signal to force |
30e8c8e1 | 69 | it to reread the tt(rsyncd.conf) file. The file is re-read on each client |
f97c2d4a | 70 | connection. |
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71 | |
72 | manpagesection(GLOBAL OPTIONS) | |
73 | ||
74 | The first parameters in the file (before a [module] header) are the | |
f97c2d4a | 75 | global parameters. |
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76 | |
77 | You may also include any module parameters in the global part of the | |
78 | config file in which case the supplied value will override the | |
79 | default for that parameter. | |
80 | ||
81 | startdit() | |
82 | dit(bf(motd file)) The "motd file" option allows you to specify a | |
5315b793 | 83 | "message of the day" to display to clients on each connect. This |
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84 | usually contains site information and any legal notices. The default |
85 | is no motd file. | |
86 | ||
8638dd48 | 87 | dit(bf(pid file)) The "pid file" option tells the rsync daemon to write |
58811a0a | 88 | its process ID to that file. |
37863201 | 89 | |
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90 | dit(bf(port)) You can override the default port the daemon will listen on |
91 | by specifying this value (defaults to 873). This is ignored if the daemon | |
92 | is being run by inetd, and is superseded by the bf(--port) command-line option. | |
93 | ||
94 | dit(bf(address)) You can override the default IP address the daemon | |
95 | will listen on by specifying this value. This is ignored if the daemon is | |
96 | being run by inetd, and is superseded by the bf(--address) command-line option. | |
97 | ||
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98 | dit(bf(socket options)) This option can provide endless fun for people |
99 | who like to tune their systems to the utmost degree. You can set all | |
100 | sorts of socket options which may make transfers faster (or | |
19826af5 | 101 | slower!). Read the man page for the code(setsockopt()) system call for |
a6801c39 | 102 | details on some of the options you may be able to set. By default no |
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103 | special socket options are set. These settings are superseded by the |
104 | bf(--sockopts) command-line option. | |
a6801c39 | 105 | |
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106 | enddit() |
107 | ||
108 | ||
109 | manpagesection(MODULE OPTIONS) | |
110 | ||
111 | After the global options you should define a number of modules, each | |
112 | module exports a directory tree as a symbolic name. Modules are | |
113 | exported by specifying a module name in square brackets [module] | |
114 | followed by the options for that module. | |
115 | ||
116 | startdit() | |
117 | ||
118 | dit(bf(comment)) The "comment" option specifies a description string | |
119 | that is displayed next to the module name when clients obtain a list | |
120 | of available modules. The default is no comment. | |
121 | ||
d90338ce | 122 | dit(bf(path)) The "path" option specifies the directory in the daemon's |
8638dd48 | 123 | filesystem to make available in this module. You must specify this option |
30e8c8e1 | 124 | for each module in tt(rsyncd.conf). |
8638dd48 | 125 | |
d90338ce | 126 | dit(bf(use chroot)) If "use chroot" is true, the rsync daemon will chroot |
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127 | to the "path" before starting the file transfer with the client. This has |
128 | the advantage of extra protection against possible implementation security | |
f97c2d4a | 129 | holes, but it has the disadvantages of requiring super-user privileges, |
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130 | of not being able to follow symbolic links that are either absolute or outside |
131 | of the new root path, and of complicating the preservation of usernames and groups | |
132 | (see below). When "use chroot" is false, for security reasons, | |
133 | symlinks may only be relative paths pointing to other files within the root | |
134 | path, and leading slashes are removed from most absolute paths (options | |
135 | such as bf(--backup-dir), bf(--compare-dest), etc. interpret an absolute path as | |
136 | rooted in the module's "path" dir, just as if chroot was specified). | |
5dc6e9c9 | 137 | The default for "use chroot" is true. |
41059f75 | 138 | |
cb290916 | 139 | In order to preserve usernames and groupnames, rsync needs to be able to |
d99b4ccf | 140 | use the standard library functions for looking up names and IDs (i.e. |
19826af5 | 141 | code(getpwuid()), code(getgrgid()), code(getpwname()), and code(getgrnam())). This means a |
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142 | process in the chroot namespace will need to have access to the resources |
143 | used by these library functions (traditionally /etc/passwd and | |
144 | /etc/group). If these resources are not available, rsync will only be | |
faa82484 | 145 | able to copy the IDs, just as if the bf(--numeric-ids) option had been |
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146 | specified. |
147 | ||
148 | Note that you are free to setup user/group information in the chroot area | |
149 | differently from your normal system. For example, you could abbreviate | |
553f9375 | 150 | the list of users and groups. Also, you can protect this information from |
d802ea54 | 151 | being downloaded/uploaded by adding an exclude rule to the rsyncd.conf file |
0abe148f | 152 | (e.g. "bf(exclude = /etc/**)"). Note that having the exclusion affect uploads |
d90338ce | 153 | is a relatively new feature in rsync, so make sure your daemon is |
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154 | at least 2.6.3 to effect this. Also note that it is safest to exclude a |
155 | directory and all its contents combining the rule "/some/dir/" with the | |
156 | rule "/some/dir/**" just to be sure that rsync will not allow deeper | |
157 | access to some of the excluded files inside the directory (rsync tries to | |
158 | do this automatically, but you might as well specify both to be extra | |
159 | sure). | |
cb290916 | 160 | |
5e71c444 | 161 | dit(bf(max connections)) The "max connections" option allows you to |
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162 | specify the maximum number of simultaneous connections you will allow. |
163 | Any clients connecting when the maximum has been reached will receive a | |
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164 | message telling them to try later. The default is 0, which means no limit. |
165 | A negative value disables the module. | |
9ef1cc7c | 166 | See also the "lock file" option. |
5e71c444 | 167 | |
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168 | dit(bf(log file)) When the "log file" option is set to a non-empty |
169 | string, the rsync daemon will log messages to the indicated file rather | |
170 | than using syslog. This is particularly useful on systems (such as AIX) | |
171 | where code(syslog()) doesn't work for chrooted programs. The file is | |
172 | opened before code(chroot()) is called, allowing it to be placed outside | |
173 | the transfer. If this value is set on a per-module basis instead of | |
174 | globally, the global log will still contain any authorization failures | |
175 | or config-file error messages. | |
176 | ||
177 | If the daemon fails to open to specified file, it will fall back to | |
178 | using syslog and output an error about the failure. (Note that the | |
179 | failure to open the specified log file used to be a fatal error.) | |
180 | ||
181 | dit(bf(syslog facility)) The "syslog facility" option allows you to | |
182 | specify the syslog facility name to use when logging messages from the | |
183 | rsync daemon. You may use any standard syslog facility name which is | |
184 | defined on your system. Common names are auth, authpriv, cron, daemon, | |
185 | ftp, kern, lpr, mail, news, security, syslog, user, uucp, local0, | |
186 | local1, local2, local3, local4, local5, local6 and local7. The default | |
187 | is daemon. This setting has no effect if the "log file" setting is a | |
188 | non-empty string (either set in the per-modules settings, or inherited | |
189 | from the global settings). | |
190 | ||
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191 | dit(bf(max verbosity)) The "max verbosity" option allows you to control |
192 | the maximum amount of verbose information that you'll allow the daemon to | |
193 | generate (since the information goes into the log file). The default is 1, | |
194 | which allows the client to request one level of verbosity. | |
195 | ||
5e71c444 | 196 | dit(bf(lock file)) The "lock file" option specifies the file to use to |
d90338ce | 197 | support the "max connections" option. The rsync daemon uses record |
5e71c444 | 198 | locking on this file to ensure that the max connections limit is not |
f97c2d4a | 199 | exceeded for the modules sharing the lock file. |
9ef1cc7c | 200 | The default is tt(/var/run/rsyncd.lock). |
5e71c444 | 201 | |
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202 | dit(bf(read only)) The "read only" option determines whether clients |
203 | will be able to upload files or not. If "read only" is true then any | |
204 | attempted uploads will fail. If "read only" is false then uploads will | |
d90338ce | 205 | be possible if file permissions on the daemon side allow them. The default |
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206 | is for all modules to be read only. |
207 | ||
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208 | dit(bf(write only)) The "write only" option determines whether clients |
209 | will be able to download files or not. If "write only" is true then any | |
210 | attempted downloads will fail. If "write only" is false then downloads | |
d90338ce | 211 | will be possible if file permissions on the daemon side allow them. The |
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212 | default is for this option to be disabled. |
213 | ||
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214 | dit(bf(list)) The "list" option determines if this module should be |
215 | listed when the client asks for a listing of available modules. By | |
216 | setting this to false you can create hidden modules. The default is | |
217 | for modules to be listable. | |
218 | ||
58811a0a | 219 | dit(bf(uid)) The "uid" option specifies the user name or user ID that |
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220 | file transfers to and from that module should take place as when the daemon |
221 | was run as root. In combination with the "gid" option this determines what | |
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222 | file permissions are available. The default is uid -2, which is normally |
223 | the user "nobody". | |
41059f75 | 224 | |
58811a0a | 225 | dit(bf(gid)) The "gid" option specifies the group name or group ID that |
716baed7 | 226 | file transfers to and from that module should take place as when the daemon |
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227 | was run as root. This complements the "uid" option. The default is gid -2, |
228 | which is normally the group "nobody". | |
41059f75 | 229 | |
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230 | dit(bf(fake super)) Setting "fake super = yes" for a module causes the |
231 | daemon side to behave as if the bf(--fake-user) command-line option had | |
232 | been specified. This allows the full attributes of a file to be stored | |
233 | without having to have the daemon actually running as root. | |
234 | ||
dd69b397 | 235 | dit(bf(filter)) The "filter" option allows you to specify a space-separated |
d90338ce | 236 | list of filter rules that the daemon will not allow to be read or written. |
dd69b397 | 237 | This is only superficially equivalent to the client specifying these |
faa82484 | 238 | patterns with the bf(--filter) option. Only one "filter" option may be |
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239 | specified, but it may contain as many rules as you like, including |
240 | merge-file rules. Note that per-directory merge-file rules do not provide | |
faa82484 | 241 | as much protection as global rules, but they can be used to make bf(--delete) |
d90338ce | 242 | work better when a client downloads the daemon's files (if the per-dir |
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243 | merge files are included in the transfer). |
244 | ||
553f9375 | 245 | dit(bf(exclude)) The "exclude" option allows you to specify a |
d90338ce | 246 | space-separated list of patterns that the daemon will not allow to be read |
553f9375 | 247 | or written. This is only superficially equivalent to the client |
faa82484 | 248 | specifying these patterns with the bf(--exclude) option. Only one "exclude" |
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249 | option may be specified, but you can use "-" and "+" before patterns to |
250 | specify exclude/include. | |
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251 | |
252 | Because this exclude list is not passed to the client it only applies on | |
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253 | the daemon: that is, it excludes files received by a client when receiving |
254 | from a daemon and files deleted on a daemon when sending to a daemon, but | |
553f9375 | 255 | it doesn't exclude files from being deleted on a client when receiving |
f97c2d4a | 256 | from a daemon. |
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257 | |
258 | dit(bf(exclude from)) The "exclude from" option specifies a filename | |
d90338ce | 259 | on the daemon that contains exclude patterns, one per line. |
83fd337d | 260 | This is only superficially equivalent |
faa82484 | 261 | to the client specifying the bf(--exclude-from) option with an equivalent file. |
83fd337d | 262 | See the "exclude" option above. |
8f3a2d54 | 263 | |
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264 | dit(bf(include)) The "include" option allows you to specify a |
265 | space-separated list of patterns which rsync should not exclude. This is | |
266 | only superficially equivalent to the client specifying these patterns with | |
d90338ce | 267 | the bf(--include) option because it applies only on the daemon. This is |
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268 | useful as it allows you to build up quite complex exclude/include rules. |
269 | Only one "include" option may be specified, but you can use "+" and "-" | |
270 | before patterns to switch include/exclude. See the "exclude" option | |
271 | above. | |
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272 | |
273 | dit(bf(include from)) The "include from" option specifies a filename | |
d90338ce | 274 | on the daemon that contains include patterns, one per line. This is |
83fd337d | 275 | only superficially equivalent to the client specifying the |
faa82484 | 276 | bf(--include-from) option with a equivalent file. |
83fd337d | 277 | See the "exclude" option above. |
cd64343a | 278 | |
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279 | dit(bf(incoming chmod)) This option allows you to specify a set of |
280 | comma-separated chmod strings that will affect the permissions of all | |
281 | incoming files (files that are being received by the daemon). These | |
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282 | changes happen after all other permission calculations, and this will |
283 | even override destination-default and/or existing permissions when the | |
284 | client does not specify bf(--perms). | |
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285 | See the description of the bf(--chmod) rsync option and the bf(chmod)(1) |
286 | manpage for information on the format of this string. | |
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287 | |
288 | dit(bf(outgoing chmod)) This option allows you to specify a set of | |
289 | comma-separated chmod strings that will affect the permissions of all | |
290 | outgoing files (files that are being sent out from the daemon). These | |
291 | changes happen first, making the sent permissions appear to be different | |
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292 | than those stored in the filesystem itself. For instance, you could |
293 | disable group write permissions on the server while having it appear to | |
294 | be on to the clients. | |
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295 | See the description of the bf(--chmod) rsync option and the bf(chmod)(1) |
296 | manpage for information on the format of this string. | |
17af842d | 297 | |
5d78a102 | 298 | dit(bf(auth users)) The "auth users" option specifies a comma and |
553f9375 | 299 | space-separated list of usernames that will be allowed to connect to |
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300 | this module. The usernames do not need to exist on the local |
301 | system. The usernames may also contain shell wildcard characters. If | |
302 | "auth users" is set then the client will be challenged to supply a | |
303 | username and password to connect to the module. A challenge response | |
304 | authentication protocol is used for this exchange. The plain text | |
9aacb4df | 305 | usernames and passwords are stored in the file specified by the |
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306 | "secrets file" option. The default is for all users to be able to |
307 | connect without a password (this is called "anonymous rsync"). | |
308 | ||
d90338ce | 309 | See also the "CONNECTING TO AN RSYNC DAEMON OVER A REMOTE SHELL |
19826af5 | 310 | PROGRAM" section in bf(rsync)(1) for information on how handle an |
bef49340 | 311 | rsyncd.conf-level username that differs from the remote-shell-level |
d90338ce | 312 | username when using a remote shell to connect to an rsync daemon. |
bef49340 | 313 | |
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314 | dit(bf(secrets file)) The "secrets file" option specifies the name of |
315 | a file that contains the username:password pairs used for | |
316 | authenticating this module. This file is only consulted if the "auth | |
317 | users" option is specified. The file is line based and contains | |
318 | username:password pairs separated by a single colon. Any line starting | |
319 | with a hash (#) is considered a comment and is skipped. The passwords | |
320 | can contain any characters but be warned that many operating systems | |
321 | limit the length of passwords that can be typed at the client end, so | |
f97c2d4a | 322 | you may find that passwords longer than 8 characters don't work. |
41059f75 | 323 | |
3ca8e68f | 324 | There is no default for the "secrets file" option, you must choose a name |
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325 | (such as tt(/etc/rsyncd.secrets)). The file must normally not be readable |
326 | by "other"; see "strict modes". | |
3ca8e68f | 327 | |
f97c2d4a | 328 | dit(bf(strict modes)) The "strict modes" option determines whether or not |
3ca8e68f | 329 | the permissions on the secrets file will be checked. If "strict modes" is |
58811a0a | 330 | true, then the secrets file must not be readable by any user ID other |
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331 | than the one that the rsync daemon is running under. If "strict modes" is |
332 | false, the check is not performed. The default is true. This option | |
333 | was added to accommodate rsync running on the Windows operating system. | |
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334 | |
335 | dit(bf(hosts allow)) The "hosts allow" option allows you to specify a | |
336 | list of patterns that are matched against a connecting clients | |
337 | hostname and IP address. If none of the patterns match then the | |
338 | connection is rejected. | |
339 | ||
340 | Each pattern can be in one of five forms: | |
341 | ||
b8a6dae0 | 342 | quote(itemization( |
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343 | it() a dotted decimal IPv4 address of the form a.b.c.d, or an IPv6 address |
344 | of the form a:b:c::d:e:f. In this case the incoming machine's IP address | |
bc2b4963 | 345 | must match exactly. |
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346 | it() an address/mask in the form ipaddr/n where ipaddr is the IP address |
347 | and n is the number of one bits in the netmask. All IP addresses which | |
348 | match the masked IP address will be allowed in. | |
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349 | it() an address/mask in the form ipaddr/maskaddr where ipaddr is the |
350 | IP address and maskaddr is the netmask in dotted decimal notation for IPv4, | |
351 | or similar for IPv6, e.g. ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:: instead of /64. All IP | |
352 | addresses which match the masked IP address will be allowed in. | |
41059f75 | 353 | it() a hostname. The hostname as determined by a reverse lookup will |
5315b793 | 354 | be matched (case insensitive) against the pattern. Only an exact |
41059f75 | 355 | match is allowed in. |
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356 | it() a hostname pattern using wildcards. These are matched using the |
357 | same rules as normal unix filename matching. If the pattern matches | |
5315b793 | 358 | then the client is allowed in. |
faa82484 | 359 | )) |
41059f75 | 360 | |
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361 | Note IPv6 link-local addresses can have a scope in the address specification: |
362 | ||
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363 | quote( |
364 | tt( fe80::1%link1)nl() | |
365 | tt( fe80::%link1/64)nl() | |
366 | tt( fe80::%link1/ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::)nl() | |
367 | ) | |
61ca7d59 | 368 | |
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369 | You can also combine "hosts allow" with a separate "hosts deny" |
370 | option. If both options are specified then the "hosts allow" option s | |
5315b793 | 371 | checked first and a match results in the client being able to |
41059f75 | 372 | connect. The "hosts deny" option is then checked and a match means |
f97c2d4a | 373 | that the host is rejected. If the host does not match either the |
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374 | "hosts allow" or the "hosts deny" patterns then it is allowed to |
375 | connect. | |
376 | ||
377 | The default is no "hosts allow" option, which means all hosts can connect. | |
378 | ||
de2fd20e | 379 | dit(bf(hosts deny)) The "hosts deny" option allows you to specify a |
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380 | list of patterns that are matched against a connecting clients |
381 | hostname and IP address. If the pattern matches then the connection is | |
382 | rejected. See the "hosts allow" option for more information. | |
383 | ||
384 | The default is no "hosts deny" option, which means all hosts can connect. | |
385 | ||
cda2ae84 | 386 | dit(bf(ignore errors)) The "ignore errors" option tells rsyncd to |
d90338ce | 387 | ignore I/O errors on the daemon when deciding whether to run the delete |
faa82484 | 388 | phase of the transfer. Normally rsync skips the bf(--delete) step if any |
ae283632 | 389 | I/O errors have occurred in order to prevent disastrous deletion due |
58811a0a | 390 | to a temporary resource shortage or other I/O error. In some cases this |
cda2ae84 | 391 | test is counter productive so you can use this option to turn off this |
f97c2d4a | 392 | behavior. |
cda2ae84 | 393 | |
d90338ce | 394 | dit(bf(ignore nonreadable)) This tells the rsync daemon to completely |
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395 | ignore files that are not readable by the user. This is useful for |
396 | public archives that may have some non-readable files among the | |
397 | directories, and the sysadmin doesn't want those files to be seen at all. | |
398 | ||
f97c2d4a | 399 | dit(bf(transfer logging)) The "transfer logging" option enables per-file |
81791cfc | 400 | logging of downloads and uploads in a format somewhat similar to that |
d90338ce | 401 | used by ftp daemons. The daemon always logs the transfer at the end, so |
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402 | if a transfer is aborted, no mention will be made in the log file. |
403 | ||
404 | If you want to customize the log lines, see the "log format" option. | |
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405 | |
406 | dit(bf(log format)) The "log format" option allows you to specify the | |
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407 | format used for logging file transfers when transfer logging is enabled. |
408 | The format is a text string containing embedded single-character escape | |
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409 | sequences prefixed with a percent (%) character. An optional numeric |
410 | field width may also be specified between the percent and the escape | |
0abe148f | 411 | letter (e.g. "bf(%-50n %8l %07p)"). |
81791cfc | 412 | |
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413 | The default log format is "%o %h [%a] %m (%u) %f %l", and a "%t [%p] " |
414 | is always prefixed when using the "log file" option. | |
415 | (A perl script that will summarize this default log format is included | |
416 | in the rsync source code distribution in the "support" subdirectory: | |
417 | rsyncstats.) | |
418 | ||
419 | The single-character escapes that are understood are as follows: | |
81791cfc | 420 | |
b8a6dae0 | 421 | quote(itemization( |
aca5500a | 422 | it() %a the remote IP address |
f97c2d4a | 423 | it() %b the number of bytes actually transferred |
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424 | it() %B the permission bits of the file (e.g. rwxrwxrwt) |
425 | it() %c the checksum bytes received for this file (only when sending) | |
426 | it() %f the filename (long form on sender; no trailing "/") | |
427 | it() %G the gid of the file (decimal) or "DEFAULT" | |
428 | it() %h the remote host name | |
527a010f | 429 | it() %i an itemized list of what is being updated |
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430 | it() %l the length of the file in bytes |
431 | it() %L the string " -> SYMLINK", " => HARDLINK", or "" (where bf(SYMLINK) or bf(HARDLINK) is a filename) | |
432 | it() %m the module name | |
433 | it() %M the last-modified time of the file | |
434 | it() %n the filename (short form; trailing "/" on dir) | |
435 | it() %o the operation, which is "send", "recv", or "del." (the latter includes the trailing period) | |
436 | it() %p the process ID of this rsync session | |
437 | it() %P the module path | |
438 | it() %t the current date time | |
439 | it() %u the authenticated username or an empty string | |
440 | it() %U the uid of the file (decimal) | |
faa82484 | 441 | )) |
81791cfc | 442 | |
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443 | For a list of what the characters mean that are output by "%i", see the |
444 | bf(--itemize-changes) option in the rsync manpage. | |
527a010f | 445 | |
9e453674 | 446 | Note that some of the logged output changes when talking with older |
80a24d52 | 447 | rsync versions. For instance, deleted files were only output as verbose |
8ebdc972 | 448 | messages prior to rsync 2.6.4. |
a85a1514 | 449 | |
81791cfc | 450 | dit(bf(timeout)) The "timeout" option allows you to override the |
58811a0a | 451 | clients choice for I/O timeout for this module. Using this option you |
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452 | can ensure that rsync won't wait on a dead client forever. The timeout |
453 | is specified in seconds. A value of zero means no timeout and is the | |
d90338ce | 454 | default. A good choice for anonymous rsync daemons may be 600 (giving |
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455 | a 10 minute timeout). |
456 | ||
cd8185f2 | 457 | dit(bf(refuse options)) The "refuse options" option allows you to |
553f9375 | 458 | specify a space-separated list of rsync command line options that will |
d90338ce | 459 | be refused by your rsync daemon. |
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460 | You may specify the full option name, its one-letter abbreviation, or a |
461 | wild-card string that matches multiple options. | |
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462 | For example, this would refuse bf(--checksum) (bf(-c)) and all the various |
463 | delete options: | |
1cb0a3ed | 464 | |
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465 | quote(tt( refuse options = c delete)) |
466 | ||
467 | The reason the above refuses all delete options is that the options imply | |
468 | bf(--delete), and implied options are refused just like explicit options. | |
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469 | As an additional safety feature, the refusal of "delete" also refuses |
470 | bf(remove-sent-files) when the daemon is the sender; if you want the latter | |
471 | without the former, instead refuse "delete-*" -- that refuses all the | |
472 | delete modes without affecting bf(--remove-sent-files). | |
1cb0a3ed | 473 | |
d90338ce | 474 | When an option is refused, the daemon prints an error message and exits. |
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475 | To prevent all compression when serving files, |
476 | you can use "dont compress = *" (see below) | |
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477 | instead of "refuse options = compress" to avoid returning an error to a |
478 | client that requests compression. | |
cd8185f2 | 479 | |
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480 | dit(bf(dont compress)) The "dont compress" option allows you to select |
481 | filenames based on wildcard patterns that should not be compressed | |
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482 | when pulling files from the daemon (no analogous option exists to |
483 | govern the pushing of files to a daemon). | |
484 | Compression is expensive in terms of CPU usage, so it | |
83fff1aa | 485 | is usually good to not try to compress files that won't compress well, |
f97c2d4a | 486 | such as already compressed files. |
83fff1aa | 487 | |
553f9375 | 488 | The "dont compress" option takes a space-separated list of |
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489 | case-insensitive wildcard patterns. Any source filename matching one |
490 | of the patterns will not be compressed during transfer. | |
491 | ||
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492 | See the bf(--skip-compress) option in the bf(rsync)(1) manpage for the list |
493 | of file suffixes that are not compressed by default. Specifying a value | |
494 | for the bf(dont compress) option changes the default when the daemon is | |
495 | the sender. | |
83fff1aa | 496 | |
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497 | dit(bf(pre-xfer exec), bf(post-xfer exec)) You may specify a command to be run |
498 | before and/or after the transfer. If the bf(pre-xfer exec) command fails, the | |
499 | transfer is aborted before it begins. | |
500 | ||
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501 | The following environment variables will be set, though some are |
502 | specific to the pre-xfer or the post-xfer environment: | |
c20936b8 | 503 | |
b8a6dae0 | 504 | quote(itemization( |
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505 | it() bf(RSYNC_MODULE_NAME): The name of the module being accessed. |
506 | it() bf(RSYNC_MODULE_PATH): The path configured for the module. | |
507 | it() bf(RSYNC_HOST_ADDR): The accessing host's IP address. | |
508 | it() bf(RSYNC_HOST_NAME): The accessing host's name. | |
509 | it() bf(RSYNC_USER_NAME): The accessing user's name (empty if no user). | |
a739128d | 510 | it() bf(RSYNC_PID): A unique number for this transfer. |
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511 | it() bf(RSYNC_REQUEST): (pre-xfer only) The module/path info specified |
512 | by the user (note that the user can specify multiple source files, | |
513 | so the request can be something like "mod/path1 mod/path2", etc.). | |
70e98a43 | 514 | it() bf(RSYNC_ARG#): (pre-xfer only) The pre-request arguments are set |
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515 | in these numbered values. RSYNC_ARG0 is always "rsyncd", and the last |
516 | value contains a single period. | |
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517 | it() bf(RSYNC_EXIT_STATUS): (post-xfer only) the server side's exit value. |
518 | This will be 0 for a successful run, a positive value for an error that the | |
519 | server generated, or a -1 if rsync failed to exit properly. Note that an | |
520 | error that occurs on the client side does not currently get sent to the | |
521 | server side, so this is not the final exit status for the whole transfer. | |
19826af5 | 522 | it() bf(RSYNC_RAW_STATUS): (post-xfer only) the raw exit value from code(waitpid()). |
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523 | )) |
524 | ||
525 | Even though the commands can be associated with a particular module, they | |
526 | are run using the permissions of the user that started the daemon (not the | |
37439b36 | 527 | module's uid/gid setting) without any chroot restrictions. |
c20936b8 | 528 | |
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529 | enddit() |
530 | ||
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531 | manpagesection(AUTHENTICATION STRENGTH) |
532 | ||
533 | The authentication protocol used in rsync is a 128 bit MD4 based | |
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534 | challenge response system. This is fairly weak protection, though (with |
535 | at least one brute-force hash-finding algorithm publicly available), so | |
536 | if you want really top-quality security, then I recommend that you run | |
537 | rsync over ssh. (Yes, a future version of rsync will switch over to a | |
538 | stronger hashing method.) | |
4c3d16be | 539 | |
d90338ce | 540 | Also note that the rsync daemon protocol does not currently provide any |
f39281ae | 541 | encryption of the data that is transferred over the connection. Only |
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542 | authentication is provided. Use ssh as the transport if you want |
543 | encryption. | |
544 | ||
545 | Future versions of rsync may support SSL for better authentication and | |
546 | encryption, but that is still being investigated. | |
547 | ||
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548 | manpagesection(EXAMPLES) |
549 | ||
550 | A simple rsyncd.conf file that allow anonymous rsync to a ftp area at | |
e22de162 | 551 | tt(/home/ftp) would be: |
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552 | |
553 | verb( | |
554 | [ftp] | |
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555 | path = /home/ftp |
556 | comment = ftp export area | |
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557 | ) |
558 | ||
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559 | A more sophisticated example would be: |
560 | ||
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561 | verb( |
562 | uid = nobody | |
563 | gid = nobody | |
564 | use chroot = no | |
565 | max connections = 4 | |
566 | syslog facility = local5 | |
0f621785 | 567 | pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid |
41059f75 | 568 | |
faa82484 | 569 | [ftp] |
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570 | path = /var/ftp/pub |
571 | comment = whole ftp area (approx 6.1 GB) | |
572 | ||
573 | [sambaftp] | |
574 | path = /var/ftp/pub/samba | |
575 | comment = Samba ftp area (approx 300 MB) | |
576 | ||
577 | [rsyncftp] | |
578 | path = /var/ftp/pub/rsync | |
579 | comment = rsync ftp area (approx 6 MB) | |
f97c2d4a | 580 | |
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581 | [sambawww] |
582 | path = /public_html/samba | |
583 | comment = Samba WWW pages (approx 240 MB) | |
584 | ||
585 | [cvs] | |
586 | path = /data/cvs | |
587 | comment = CVS repository (requires authentication) | |
588 | auth users = tridge, susan | |
589 | secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets | |
590 | ) | |
591 | ||
592 | The /etc/rsyncd.secrets file would look something like this: | |
593 | ||
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594 | quote( |
595 | tt(tridge:mypass)nl() | |
596 | tt(susan:herpass)nl() | |
597 | ) | |
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598 | |
599 | manpagefiles() | |
600 | ||
30e8c8e1 | 601 | /etc/rsyncd.conf or rsyncd.conf |
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602 | |
603 | manpageseealso() | |
604 | ||
b8a6dae0 | 605 | bf(rsync)(1) |
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606 | |
607 | manpagediagnostics() | |
608 | ||
609 | manpagebugs() | |
610 | ||
41059f75 | 611 | Please report bugs! The rsync bug tracking system is online at |
9e3c856a | 612 | url(http://rsync.samba.org/)(http://rsync.samba.org/) |
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613 | |
614 | manpagesection(VERSION) | |
d90338ce | 615 | |
0c6d7952 | 616 | This man page is current for version 2.6.9 of rsync. |
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617 | |
618 | manpagesection(CREDITS) | |
619 | ||
620 | rsync is distributed under the GNU public license. See the file | |
621 | COPYING for details. | |
622 | ||
623 | The primary ftp site for rsync is | |
9e3c856a | 624 | url(ftp://rsync.samba.org/pub/rsync)(ftp://rsync.samba.org/pub/rsync). |
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625 | |
626 | A WEB site is available at | |
9e3c856a | 627 | url(http://rsync.samba.org/)(http://rsync.samba.org/) |
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628 | |
629 | We would be delighted to hear from you if you like this program. | |
630 | ||
631 | This program uses the zlib compression library written by Jean-loup | |
632 | Gailly and Mark Adler. | |
633 | ||
634 | manpagesection(THANKS) | |
635 | ||
636 | Thanks to Warren Stanley for his original idea and patch for the rsync | |
d90338ce | 637 | daemon. Thanks to Karsten Thygesen for his many suggestions and |
f97c2d4a | 638 | documentation! |
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639 | |
640 | manpageauthor() | |
641 | ||
ae283632 WD |
642 | rsync was written by Andrew Tridgell and Paul Mackerras. |
643 | Many people have later contributed to it. | |
41059f75 | 644 | |
ae283632 | 645 | Mailing lists for support and development are available at |
f97c2d4a | 646 | url(http://lists.samba.org)(lists.samba.org) |