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3 | manpagename(rsyncd.conf)(configuration file for rsync server) |
4 | manpagesynopsis() | |
5 | ||
6 | rsyncd.conf | |
7 | ||
8 | manpagedescription() | |
9 | ||
10 | The rsyncd.conf file is the runtime configuration file for rsync when | |
04657e42 | 11 | run as an rsync server. |
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12 | |
13 | The rsyncd.conf file controls authentication, access, logging and | |
14 | available modules. | |
15 | ||
16 | manpagesection(FILE FORMAT) | |
17 | ||
18 | The file consists of modules and parameters. A module begins with the | |
19 | name of the module in square brackets and continues until the next | |
20 | module begins. Modules contain parameters of the form 'name = value'. | |
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 | ||
25 | Only the first equals sign in a parameter is significant. Whitespace before | |
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 | ||
31 | Any line beginning with a hash (#) is ignored, as are lines containing | |
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 | |
40 | in string values. | |
41 | ||
5315b793 | 42 | manpagesection(LAUNCHING THE RSYNC DAEMON) |
41059f75 | 43 | |
faa82484 | 44 | The rsync daemon is launched by specifying the bf(--daemon) option to |
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45 | rsync. |
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. |
04657e42 | 55 | If run from an rsync client via a remote shell (by specifying both the |
faa82484 | 56 | bf(--rsh) (bf(-e)) option and server mode with "::" or "rsync://"), the bf(--daemon) |
04657e42 | 57 | option is automatically passed to the remote side. |
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58 | |
59 | When run via inetd you should add a line like this to /etc/services: | |
60 | ||
faa82484 | 61 | verb( rsync 873/tcp) |
41059f75 | 62 | |
e22de162 | 63 | and a single line something like this to /etc/inetd.conf: |
41059f75 | 64 | |
faa82484 | 65 | verb( rsync stream tcp nowait root /usr/bin/rsync rsyncd --daemon) |
41059f75 | 66 | |
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67 | Replace "/usr/bin/rsync" with the path to where you have rsync installed on |
68 | your system. You will then need to send inetd a HUP signal to tell it to | |
69 | reread its config file. | |
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70 | |
71 | Note that you should not send the rsync server a HUP signal to force | |
30e8c8e1 | 72 | it to reread the tt(rsyncd.conf) file. The file is re-read on each client |
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73 | connection. |
74 | ||
75 | manpagesection(GLOBAL OPTIONS) | |
76 | ||
77 | The first parameters in the file (before a [module] header) are the | |
78 | global parameters. | |
79 | ||
80 | You may also include any module parameters in the global part of the | |
81 | config file in which case the supplied value will override the | |
82 | default for that parameter. | |
83 | ||
84 | startdit() | |
85 | dit(bf(motd file)) The "motd file" option allows you to specify a | |
5315b793 | 86 | "message of the day" to display to clients on each connect. This |
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87 | usually contains site information and any legal notices. The default |
88 | is no motd file. | |
89 | ||
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90 | dit(bf(log file)) The "log file" option tells the rsync daemon to log |
91 | messages to that file rather than using syslog. This is particularly | |
92 | useful on systems (such as AIX) where syslog() doesn't work for | |
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93 | chrooted programs. |
94 | ||
95 | dit(bf(pid file)) The "pid file" option tells the rsync daemon to write | |
58811a0a | 96 | its process ID to that file. |
37863201 | 97 | |
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98 | dit(bf(syslog facility)) The "syslog facility" option allows you to |
99 | specify the syslog facility name to use when logging messages from the | |
100 | rsync server. You may use any standard syslog facility name which is | |
101 | defined on your system. Common names are auth, authpriv, cron, daemon, | |
102 | ftp, kern, lpr, mail, news, security, syslog, user, uucp, local0, | |
103 | local1, local2, local3, local4, local5, local6 and local7. The default | |
104 | is daemon. | |
105 | ||
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106 | dit(bf(socket options)) This option can provide endless fun for people |
107 | who like to tune their systems to the utmost degree. You can set all | |
108 | sorts of socket options which may make transfers faster (or | |
109 | slower!). Read the man page for the setsockopt() system call for | |
110 | details on some of the options you may be able to set. By default no | |
111 | special socket options are set. | |
112 | ||
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113 | enddit() |
114 | ||
115 | ||
116 | manpagesection(MODULE OPTIONS) | |
117 | ||
118 | After the global options you should define a number of modules, each | |
119 | module exports a directory tree as a symbolic name. Modules are | |
120 | exported by specifying a module name in square brackets [module] | |
121 | followed by the options for that module. | |
122 | ||
123 | startdit() | |
124 | ||
125 | dit(bf(comment)) The "comment" option specifies a description string | |
126 | that is displayed next to the module name when clients obtain a list | |
127 | of available modules. The default is no comment. | |
128 | ||
129 | dit(bf(path)) The "path" option specifies the directory in the servers | |
8638dd48 | 130 | filesystem to make available in this module. You must specify this option |
30e8c8e1 | 131 | for each module in tt(rsyncd.conf). |
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132 | |
133 | dit(bf(use chroot)) If "use chroot" is true, the rsync server will chroot | |
134 | to the "path" before starting the file transfer with the client. This has | |
135 | the advantage of extra protection against possible implementation security | |
fca9a9b0 | 136 | holes, but it has the disadvantages of requiring super-user privileges, |
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137 | of not being able to follow symbolic links that are either absolute or outside |
138 | of the new root path, and of complicating the preservation of usernames and groups | |
cb290916 | 139 | (see below). When "use chroot" is false, for security reasons, |
fca9a9b0 | 140 | symlinks may only be relative paths pointing to other files within the root |
5dc6e9c9 | 141 | path, and leading slashes are removed from most absolute paths (options |
faa82484 | 142 | such as bf(--backup-dir), bf(--compare-dest), etc. interpret an absolute path as |
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143 | rooted in the module's "path" dir, just as if chroot was specified). |
144 | The default for "use chroot" is true. | |
41059f75 | 145 | |
cb290916 | 146 | In order to preserve usernames and groupnames, rsync needs to be able to |
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147 | use the standard library functions for looking up names and IDs (i.e. |
148 | getpwuid(), getgrgid(), getpwname(), and getgrnam()). This means a | |
149 | process in the chroot namespace will need to have access to the resources | |
150 | used by these library functions (traditionally /etc/passwd and | |
151 | /etc/group). If these resources are not available, rsync will only be | |
faa82484 | 152 | able to copy the IDs, just as if the bf(--numeric-ids) option had been |
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153 | specified. |
154 | ||
155 | Note that you are free to setup user/group information in the chroot area | |
156 | differently from your normal system. For example, you could abbreviate | |
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157 | the list of users and groups. Also, you can protect this information from |
158 | being downloaded/uploaded by adding an exclude rule to the rsync.conf file | |
78bcddcc | 159 | (e.g. "exclude = /etc/**"). Note that having the exclusion affect uploads |
553f9375 | 160 | is a relatively new feature in rsync, so make sure your server is running |
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161 | at least 2.6.3 to effect this. Also note that it is safest to exclude a |
162 | directory and all its contents combining the rule "/some/dir/" with the | |
163 | rule "/some/dir/**" just to be sure that rsync will not allow deeper | |
164 | access to some of the excluded files inside the directory (rsync tries to | |
165 | do this automatically, but you might as well specify both to be extra | |
166 | sure). | |
cb290916 | 167 | |
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168 | dit(bf(port)) You can override the default port the daemon will listen on |
169 | by specifying this value (defaults to 873). This is ignored if the daemon | |
faa82484 | 170 | is being run by inetd, and is superseded by the bf(--port) command-line option. |
0c56b1ad | 171 | |
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172 | dit(bf(address)) You can override the default IP address the daemon |
173 | will listen on by specifying this value. This is ignored if the daemon is | |
faa82484 | 174 | being run by inetd, and is superseded by the bf(--address) command-line option. |
696a8d61 | 175 | |
5e71c444 | 176 | dit(bf(max connections)) The "max connections" option allows you to |
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177 | specify the maximum number of simultaneous connections you will allow. |
178 | Any clients connecting when the maximum has been reached will receive a | |
179 | message telling them to try later. The default is 0 which means no limit. | |
180 | See also the "lock file" option. | |
5e71c444 | 181 | |
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182 | dit(bf(max verbosity)) The "max verbosity" option allows you to control |
183 | the maximum amount of verbose information that you'll allow the daemon to | |
184 | generate (since the information goes into the log file). The default is 1, | |
185 | which allows the client to request one level of verbosity. | |
186 | ||
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187 | dit(bf(lock file)) The "lock file" option specifies the file to use to |
188 | support the "max connections" option. The rsync server uses record | |
189 | locking on this file to ensure that the max connections limit is not | |
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190 | exceeded for the modules sharing the lock file. |
191 | The default is tt(/var/run/rsyncd.lock). | |
5e71c444 | 192 | |
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193 | dit(bf(read only)) The "read only" option determines whether clients |
194 | will be able to upload files or not. If "read only" is true then any | |
195 | attempted uploads will fail. If "read only" is false then uploads will | |
196 | be possible if file permissions on the server allow them. The default | |
197 | is for all modules to be read only. | |
198 | ||
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199 | dit(bf(write only)) The "write only" option determines whether clients |
200 | will be able to download files or not. If "write only" is true then any | |
201 | attempted downloads will fail. If "write only" is false then downloads | |
202 | will be possible if file permissions on the server allow them. The | |
203 | default is for this option to be disabled. | |
204 | ||
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205 | dit(bf(list)) The "list" option determines if this module should be |
206 | listed when the client asks for a listing of available modules. By | |
207 | setting this to false you can create hidden modules. The default is | |
208 | for modules to be listable. | |
209 | ||
58811a0a | 210 | dit(bf(uid)) The "uid" option specifies the user name or user ID that |
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211 | file transfers to and from that module should take place as when the daemon |
212 | was run as root. In combination with the "gid" option this determines what | |
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213 | file permissions are available. The default is uid -2, which is normally |
214 | the user "nobody". | |
41059f75 | 215 | |
58811a0a | 216 | dit(bf(gid)) The "gid" option specifies the group name or group ID that |
716baed7 | 217 | file transfers to and from that module should take place as when the daemon |
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218 | was run as root. This complements the "uid" option. The default is gid -2, |
219 | which is normally the group "nobody". | |
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221 | dit(bf(filter)) The "filter" option allows you to specify a space-separated |
222 | list of filter rules that the server will not allow to be read or written. | |
223 | This is only superficially equivalent to the client specifying these | |
faa82484 | 224 | patterns with the bf(--filter) option. Only one "filter" option may be |
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225 | specified, but it may contain as many rules as you like, including |
226 | merge-file rules. Note that per-directory merge-file rules do not provide | |
faa82484 | 227 | as much protection as global rules, but they can be used to make bf(--delete) |
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228 | work better when a client downloads the server's files (if the per-dir |
229 | merge files are included in the transfer). | |
230 | ||
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231 | dit(bf(exclude)) The "exclude" option allows you to specify a |
232 | space-separated list of patterns that the server will not allow to be read | |
233 | or written. This is only superficially equivalent to the client | |
faa82484 | 234 | specifying these patterns with the bf(--exclude) option. Only one "exclude" |
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235 | option may be specified, but you can use "-" and "+" before patterns to |
236 | specify exclude/include. | |
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237 | |
238 | Because this exclude list is not passed to the client it only applies on | |
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239 | the server: that is, it excludes files received by a client when receiving |
240 | from a server and files deleted on a server when sending to a server, but | |
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241 | it doesn't exclude files from being deleted on a client when receiving |
242 | from a server. | |
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243 | |
244 | dit(bf(exclude from)) The "exclude from" option specifies a filename | |
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245 | on the server that contains exclude patterns, one per line. |
246 | This is only superficially equivalent | |
faa82484 | 247 | to the client specifying the bf(--exclude-from) option with an equivalent file. |
83fd337d | 248 | See the "exclude" option above. |
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250 | dit(bf(include)) The "include" option allows you to specify a |
251 | space-separated list of patterns which rsync should not exclude. This is | |
252 | only superficially equivalent to the client specifying these patterns with | |
faa82484 | 253 | the bf(--include) option because it applies only on the server. This is |
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254 | useful as it allows you to build up quite complex exclude/include rules. |
255 | Only one "include" option may be specified, but you can use "+" and "-" | |
256 | before patterns to switch include/exclude. See the "exclude" option | |
257 | above. | |
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258 | |
259 | dit(bf(include from)) The "include from" option specifies a filename | |
260 | on the server that contains include patterns, one per line. This is | |
83fd337d | 261 | only superficially equivalent to the client specifying the |
faa82484 | 262 | bf(--include-from) option with a equivalent file. |
83fd337d | 263 | See the "exclude" option above. |
cd64343a | 264 | |
5d78a102 | 265 | dit(bf(auth users)) The "auth users" option specifies a comma and |
553f9375 | 266 | space-separated list of usernames that will be allowed to connect to |
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267 | this module. The usernames do not need to exist on the local |
268 | system. The usernames may also contain shell wildcard characters. If | |
269 | "auth users" is set then the client will be challenged to supply a | |
270 | username and password to connect to the module. A challenge response | |
271 | authentication protocol is used for this exchange. The plain text | |
272 | usernames are passwords are stored in the file specified by the | |
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273 | "secrets file" option. The default is for all users to be able to |
274 | connect without a password (this is called "anonymous rsync"). | |
275 | ||
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276 | See also the bf(CONNECTING TO AN RSYNC SERVER OVER A REMOTE SHELL |
277 | PROGRAM) section in rsync(1) for information on how handle an | |
278 | rsyncd.conf-level username that differs from the remote-shell-level | |
58811a0a | 279 | username when using a remote shell to connect to an rsync server. |
bef49340 | 280 | |
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281 | dit(bf(secrets file)) The "secrets file" option specifies the name of |
282 | a file that contains the username:password pairs used for | |
283 | authenticating this module. This file is only consulted if the "auth | |
284 | users" option is specified. The file is line based and contains | |
285 | username:password pairs separated by a single colon. Any line starting | |
286 | with a hash (#) is considered a comment and is skipped. The passwords | |
287 | can contain any characters but be warned that many operating systems | |
288 | limit the length of passwords that can be typed at the client end, so | |
289 | you may find that passwords longer than 8 characters don't work. | |
290 | ||
3ca8e68f | 291 | There is no default for the "secrets file" option, you must choose a name |
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292 | (such as tt(/etc/rsyncd.secrets)). The file must normally not be readable |
293 | by "other"; see "strict modes". | |
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294 | |
295 | dit(bf(strict modes)) The "strict modes" option determines whether or not | |
296 | the permissions on the secrets file will be checked. If "strict modes" is | |
58811a0a | 297 | true, then the secrets file must not be readable by any user ID other |
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298 | than the one that the rsync daemon is running under. If "strict modes" is |
299 | false, the check is not performed. The default is true. This option | |
300 | was added to accommodate rsync running on the Windows operating system. | |
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301 | |
302 | dit(bf(hosts allow)) The "hosts allow" option allows you to specify a | |
303 | list of patterns that are matched against a connecting clients | |
304 | hostname and IP address. If none of the patterns match then the | |
305 | connection is rejected. | |
306 | ||
307 | Each pattern can be in one of five forms: | |
308 | ||
faa82484 | 309 | quote(itemize( |
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310 | it() a dotted decimal IPv4 address of the form a.b.c.d, or an IPv6 address |
311 | of the form a:b:c::d:e:f. In this case the incoming machine's IP address | |
bc2b4963 | 312 | must match exactly. |
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313 | it() an address/mask in the form ipaddr/n where ipaddr is the IP address |
314 | and n is the number of one bits in the netmask. All IP addresses which | |
315 | match the masked IP address will be allowed in. | |
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316 | it() an address/mask in the form ipaddr/maskaddr where ipaddr is the |
317 | IP address and maskaddr is the netmask in dotted decimal notation for IPv4, | |
318 | or similar for IPv6, e.g. ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:: instead of /64. All IP | |
319 | addresses which match the masked IP address will be allowed in. | |
41059f75 | 320 | it() a hostname. The hostname as determined by a reverse lookup will |
5315b793 | 321 | be matched (case insensitive) against the pattern. Only an exact |
41059f75 | 322 | match is allowed in. |
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323 | it() a hostname pattern using wildcards. These are matched using the |
324 | same rules as normal unix filename matching. If the pattern matches | |
5315b793 | 325 | then the client is allowed in. |
faa82484 | 326 | )) |
41059f75 | 327 | |
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328 | Note IPv6 link-local addresses can have a scope in the address specification: |
329 | ||
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330 | quote( |
331 | tt( fe80::1%link1)nl() | |
332 | tt( fe80::%link1/64)nl() | |
333 | tt( fe80::%link1/ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::)nl() | |
334 | ) | |
61ca7d59 | 335 | |
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336 | You can also combine "hosts allow" with a separate "hosts deny" |
337 | option. If both options are specified then the "hosts allow" option s | |
5315b793 | 338 | checked first and a match results in the client being able to |
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339 | connect. The "hosts deny" option is then checked and a match means |
340 | that the host is rejected. If the host does not match either the | |
341 | "hosts allow" or the "hosts deny" patterns then it is allowed to | |
342 | connect. | |
343 | ||
344 | The default is no "hosts allow" option, which means all hosts can connect. | |
345 | ||
de2fd20e | 346 | dit(bf(hosts deny)) The "hosts deny" option allows you to specify a |
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347 | list of patterns that are matched against a connecting clients |
348 | hostname and IP address. If the pattern matches then the connection is | |
349 | rejected. See the "hosts allow" option for more information. | |
350 | ||
351 | The default is no "hosts deny" option, which means all hosts can connect. | |
352 | ||
cda2ae84 | 353 | dit(bf(ignore errors)) The "ignore errors" option tells rsyncd to |
58811a0a | 354 | ignore I/O errors on the server when deciding whether to run the delete |
faa82484 | 355 | phase of the transfer. Normally rsync skips the bf(--delete) step if any |
ae283632 | 356 | I/O errors have occurred in order to prevent disastrous deletion due |
58811a0a | 357 | to a temporary resource shortage or other I/O error. In some cases this |
cda2ae84 | 358 | test is counter productive so you can use this option to turn off this |
ae283632 | 359 | behavior. |
cda2ae84 | 360 | |
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361 | dit(bf(ignore nonreadable)) This tells the rsync server to completely |
362 | ignore files that are not readable by the user. This is useful for | |
363 | public archives that may have some non-readable files among the | |
364 | directories, and the sysadmin doesn't want those files to be seen at all. | |
365 | ||
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366 | dit(bf(transfer logging)) The "transfer logging" option enables per-file |
367 | logging of downloads and uploads in a format somewhat similar to that | |
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368 | used by ftp daemons. The server always logs the transfer at the end, so |
369 | if a transfer is aborted, no mention will be made in the log file. | |
370 | ||
371 | If you want to customize the log lines, see the "log format" option. | |
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372 | |
373 | dit(bf(log format)) The "log format" option allows you to specify the | |
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374 | format used for logging file transfers when transfer logging is enabled. |
375 | The format is a text string containing embedded single-character escape | |
376 | sequences prefixed with a percent (%) character. | |
81791cfc | 377 | |
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378 | The default log format is "%o %h [%a] %m (%u) %f %l", and a "%t [%p] " |
379 | is always prefixed when using the "log file" option. | |
380 | (A perl script that will summarize this default log format is included | |
381 | in the rsync source code distribution in the "support" subdirectory: | |
382 | rsyncstats.) | |
383 | ||
384 | The single-character escapes that are understood are as follows: | |
81791cfc | 385 | |
faa82484 | 386 | quote(itemize( |
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387 | it() %h for the remote host name |
388 | it() %a for the remote IP address | |
389 | it() %l for the length of the file in bytes | |
58811a0a | 390 | it() %p for the process ID of this rsync session |
a85a1514 | 391 | it() %o for the operation, which is "send", "recv", or "del." |
d3e553b4 | 392 | (the latter includes the trailing period) |
3c54d8a3 | 393 | it() %f for the filename (long form on sender; no trailing "/") |
3b2bebbf | 394 | it() %n for the filename (short form; trailing "/" on dir) |
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395 | it() %L either the string " -> SYMLINK", or " => HARDLINK" or an |
396 | empty string (where bf(SYMLINK) or bf(HARDLINK) is a filename) | |
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397 | it() %P for the module path |
398 | it() %m for the module name | |
b882b497 | 399 | it() %t for the current date time |
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400 | it() %u for the authenticated username (or the null string) |
401 | it() %b for the number of bytes actually transferred | |
402 | it() %c when sending files this gives the number of checksum bytes | |
403 | received for this file | |
527a010f | 404 | it() %i an itemized list of what is being updated |
faa82484 | 405 | )) |
81791cfc | 406 | |
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407 | For a list of what the characters mean that are output by "%i", see the |
408 | bf(--itemize-changes) option in the rsync manpage. | |
527a010f | 409 | |
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410 | Note that some of the logged output changes when talking with older |
411 | rsync versions. For instance, deleted files were only logged as verbose | |
8ebdc972 | 412 | messages prior to rsync 2.6.4. |
a85a1514 | 413 | |
81791cfc | 414 | dit(bf(timeout)) The "timeout" option allows you to override the |
58811a0a | 415 | clients choice for I/O timeout for this module. Using this option you |
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416 | can ensure that rsync won't wait on a dead client forever. The timeout |
417 | is specified in seconds. A value of zero means no timeout and is the | |
418 | default. A good choice for anonymous rsync servers may be 600 (giving | |
419 | a 10 minute timeout). | |
420 | ||
cd8185f2 | 421 | dit(bf(refuse options)) The "refuse options" option allows you to |
553f9375 | 422 | specify a space-separated list of rsync command line options that will |
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423 | be refused by your rsync server. |
424 | You may specify the full option name, its one-letter abbreviation, or a | |
425 | wild-card string that matches multiple options. | |
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426 | For example, this would refuse bf(--checksum) (bf(-c)) and all the various |
427 | delete options: | |
1cb0a3ed | 428 | |
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429 | quote(tt( refuse options = c delete)) |
430 | ||
431 | The reason the above refuses all delete options is that the options imply | |
432 | bf(--delete), and implied options are refused just like explicit options. | |
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433 | As an additional safety feature, the refusal of "delete" also refuses |
434 | bf(remove-sent-files) when the daemon is the sender; if you want the latter | |
435 | without the former, instead refuse "delete-*" -- that refuses all the | |
436 | delete modes without affecting bf(--remove-sent-files). | |
1cb0a3ed | 437 | |
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438 | When an option is refused, the server prints an error message and exits. |
439 | To prevent all compression, you can use "dont compress = *" (see below) | |
440 | instead of "refuse options = compress" to avoid returning an error to a | |
441 | client that requests compression. | |
cd8185f2 | 442 | |
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443 | dit(bf(dont compress)) The "dont compress" option allows you to select |
444 | filenames based on wildcard patterns that should not be compressed | |
445 | during transfer. Compression is expensive in terms of CPU usage so it | |
446 | is usually good to not try to compress files that won't compress well, | |
447 | such as already compressed files. | |
448 | ||
553f9375 | 449 | The "dont compress" option takes a space-separated list of |
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450 | case-insensitive wildcard patterns. Any source filename matching one |
451 | of the patterns will not be compressed during transfer. | |
452 | ||
faa82484 | 453 | The default setting is tt(*.gz *.tgz *.zip *.z *.rpm *.deb *.iso *.bz2 *.tbz) |
83fff1aa | 454 | |
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455 | enddit() |
456 | ||
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457 | manpagesection(AUTHENTICATION STRENGTH) |
458 | ||
459 | The authentication protocol used in rsync is a 128 bit MD4 based | |
460 | challenge response system. Although I believe that no one has ever | |
461 | demonstrated a brute-force break of this sort of system you should | |
14d43f1f | 462 | realize that this is not a "military strength" authentication system. |
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463 | It should be good enough for most purposes but if you want really top |
464 | quality security then I recommend that you run rsync over ssh. | |
465 | ||
466 | Also note that the rsync server protocol does not currently provide any | |
f39281ae | 467 | encryption of the data that is transferred over the connection. Only |
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468 | authentication is provided. Use ssh as the transport if you want |
469 | encryption. | |
470 | ||
471 | Future versions of rsync may support SSL for better authentication and | |
472 | encryption, but that is still being investigated. | |
473 | ||
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474 | manpagesection(RUNNING AN RSYNC SERVER OVER A REMOTE SHELL PROGRAM) |
475 | ||
faa82484 | 476 | If rsync is run with both the bf(--daemon) and bf(--rsh) (bf(-e)) options, it will |
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477 | spawn an rsync daemon using a remote shell connection. Several |
478 | configuration options will not be available unless the remote user is | |
479 | root (e.g. chroot, setuid/setgid, etc.). There is no need to configure | |
480 | inetd or the services map to include the rsync server port if you run an | |
481 | rsync server only via a remote shell program. | |
482 | ||
483 | ADVANCED: To run an rsync server out of a single-use ssh key, use the | |
484 | "command=em(COMMAND)" syntax in the remote user's authorized_keys entry, | |
485 | where command would be | |
486 | ||
faa82484 | 487 | quote(tt(rsync --server --daemon .)) |
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488 | |
489 | NOTE: rsync's argument parsing expects the trailing ".", so make sure | |
58811a0a | 490 | that it's there. If you want to use an rsyncd.conf(5)-style |
e6f9e388 | 491 | configuration file other than the default, you can added a |
faa82484 | 492 | bf(--config) option to the em(command): |
e6f9e388 | 493 | |
faa82484 | 494 | quote(tt(rsync --server --daemon --config=em(file) .)) |
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495 | |
496 | Note that the "--server" here is the internal option that rsync uses to | |
497 | run the remote version of rsync that it communicates with, and thus you | |
faa82484 | 498 | should not be using the bf(--server) option under normal circumstances. |
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500 | manpagesection(EXAMPLES) |
501 | ||
502 | A simple rsyncd.conf file that allow anonymous rsync to a ftp area at | |
e22de162 | 503 | tt(/home/ftp) would be: |
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504 | |
505 | verb( | |
506 | [ftp] | |
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507 | path = /home/ftp |
508 | comment = ftp export area | |
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509 | ) |
510 | ||
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511 | A more sophisticated example would be: |
512 | ||
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513 | verb( |
514 | uid = nobody | |
515 | gid = nobody | |
516 | use chroot = no | |
517 | max connections = 4 | |
518 | syslog facility = local5 | |
0f621785 | 519 | pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid |
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faa82484 | 521 | [ftp] |
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522 | path = /var/ftp/pub |
523 | comment = whole ftp area (approx 6.1 GB) | |
524 | ||
525 | [sambaftp] | |
526 | path = /var/ftp/pub/samba | |
527 | comment = Samba ftp area (approx 300 MB) | |
528 | ||
529 | [rsyncftp] | |
530 | path = /var/ftp/pub/rsync | |
531 | comment = rsync ftp area (approx 6 MB) | |
532 | ||
533 | [sambawww] | |
534 | path = /public_html/samba | |
535 | comment = Samba WWW pages (approx 240 MB) | |
536 | ||
537 | [cvs] | |
538 | path = /data/cvs | |
539 | comment = CVS repository (requires authentication) | |
540 | auth users = tridge, susan | |
541 | secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets | |
542 | ) | |
543 | ||
544 | The /etc/rsyncd.secrets file would look something like this: | |
545 | ||
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546 | quote( |
547 | tt(tridge:mypass)nl() | |
548 | tt(susan:herpass)nl() | |
549 | ) | |
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550 | |
551 | manpagefiles() | |
552 | ||
30e8c8e1 | 553 | /etc/rsyncd.conf or rsyncd.conf |
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554 | |
555 | manpageseealso() | |
556 | ||
557 | rsync(1) | |
558 | ||
559 | manpagediagnostics() | |
560 | ||
561 | manpagebugs() | |
562 | ||
563 | The rsync server does not send all types of error messages to the | |
564 | client. this means a client may be mystified as to why a transfer | |
565 | failed. The error will have been logged by syslog on the server. | |
566 | ||
567 | Please report bugs! The rsync bug tracking system is online at | |
9e3c856a | 568 | url(http://rsync.samba.org/)(http://rsync.samba.org/) |
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569 | |
570 | manpagesection(VERSION) | |
c53217a2 | 571 | This man page is current for version 2.x of rsync. |
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572 | |
573 | manpagesection(CREDITS) | |
574 | ||
575 | rsync is distributed under the GNU public license. See the file | |
576 | COPYING for details. | |
577 | ||
578 | The primary ftp site for rsync is | |
9e3c856a | 579 | url(ftp://rsync.samba.org/pub/rsync)(ftp://rsync.samba.org/pub/rsync). |
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580 | |
581 | A WEB site is available at | |
9e3c856a | 582 | url(http://rsync.samba.org/)(http://rsync.samba.org/) |
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583 | |
584 | We would be delighted to hear from you if you like this program. | |
585 | ||
586 | This program uses the zlib compression library written by Jean-loup | |
587 | Gailly and Mark Adler. | |
588 | ||
589 | manpagesection(THANKS) | |
590 | ||
591 | Thanks to Warren Stanley for his original idea and patch for the rsync | |
592 | server. Thanks to Karsten Thygesen for his many suggestions and | |
593 | documentation! | |
594 | ||
595 | manpageauthor() | |
596 | ||
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597 | rsync was written by Andrew Tridgell and Paul Mackerras. |
598 | Many people have later contributed to it. | |
41059f75 | 599 | |
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600 | Mailing lists for support and development are available at |
601 | url(http://lists.samba.org)(lists.samba.org) |