Adding the --fake-super option.

[rsync/rsync.git] / rsyncd.conf.yo

diff --git a/rsyncd.conf.yo b/rsyncd.conf.yo
index 5b7cc9b..8029114 100644 (file)
--- a/rsyncd.conf.yo
+++ b/rsyncd.conf.yo
@@ -226,6 +226,11 @@ file transfers to and from that module should take place as when the daemon
 was run as root. This complements the "uid" option. The default is gid -2,
 which is normally the group "nobody".
 
+dit(bf(fake super)) Setting "fake super = yes" for a module causes the
+daemon side to behave as if the bf(--fake-user) command-line option had
+been specified.  This allows the full attributes of a file to be stored
+without having to have the daemon actually running as root.
+
 dit(bf(filter)) The "filter" option allows you to specify a space-separated
 list of filter rules that the daemon will not allow to be read or written.
 This is only superficially equivalent to the client specifying these