verb( path = /home/%RSYNC_USER_NAME% )
+It is fine if the path includes internal spaces -- they will be retained
+verbatim (which means that you shouldn't try to escape them). If your final
+directory has a trailing space (and this is somehow not something you wish to
+fix), append a trailing slash to the path to avoid losing the trailing
+whitespace.
+
dit(bf(use chroot)) If "use chroot" is true, the rsync daemon will chroot
to the "path" before starting the file transfer with the client. This has
the advantage of extra protection against possible implementation security
other files, etc.
When an bf(&include) or bf(&merge) directive refers to a directory, it will read
-in all the bf(*.conf) files contained inside that directory (without any
+in all the bf(*.conf) or bf(*.inc) files (respectively) that are contained inside
+that directory (without any
recursive scanning), with the files sorted into alpha order. So, if you have a
directory named "rsyncd.d" with the files "foo.conf", "bar.conf", and
"baz.conf" inside it, this directive:
The advantage of the bf(&include) directive is that you can define one or more
modules in a separate file without worrying about unintended side-effects
-between the self-contained module files. For instance, this is a useful
-/etc/rsyncd.conf file:
+between the self-contained module files.
+
+The advantage of the bf(&merge) directive is that you can load config snippets
+that can be included into multiple module definitions, and you can also set
+global values that will affect connections (such as bf(motd file)), or globals
+that will affect other include files.
+
+For example, this is a useful /etc/rsyncd.conf file:
verb( port = 873
log file = /var/log/rsync.log
pid file = /var/lock/rsync.lock
+ &merge /etc/rsyncd.d
&include /etc/rsyncd.d )
-The advantage of the bf(&merge) directive is that you can load config snippets
-that can be included into multiple module definitions.
+This would merge any /etc/rsyncd.d/*.inc files (for global values that should
+stay in effect), and then include any /etc/rsyncd.d/*.conf files (defining
+modules without any global-value cross-talk).
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