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".
 
 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
 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