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-manpage(rsyncd.conf)(5)(24 Mar 2004)()()
+manpage(rsyncd.conf)(5)(30 Apr 2004)()()
manpagename(rsyncd.conf)(configuration file for rsync server)
manpagesynopsis()
when reading, and of complicating the preservation of usernames and groups
(see below). When "use chroot" is false, for security reasons,
symlinks may only be relative paths pointing to other files within the root
-path, and leading slashes are removed from absolute paths. The default for
-"use chroot" is true.
+path, and leading slashes are removed from most absolute paths (options
+such as --backup-dir, --compare-dest, etc. interpret an absolute path as
+rooted in the module's "path" dir, just as if chroot was specified).
+The default for "use chroot" is true.
In order to preserve usernames and groupnames, rsync needs to be able to
use the standard library functions for looking up names and IDs (i.e.
be possible if file permissions on the server allow them. The default
is for all modules to be read only.
+dit(bf(write only)) The "write only" option determines whether clients
+will be able to download files or not. If "write only" is true then any
+attempted downloads will fail. If "write only" is false then downloads
+will be possible if file permissions on the server allow them. The
+default is for this option to be disabled.
+
dit(bf(list)) The "list" option determines if this module should be
listed when the client asks for a listing of available modules. By
setting this to false you can create hidden modules. The default is