One common substitute is to use ssh, which offers a high degree of
security.
+Note that rsync must be installed on both the source and destination
+machines.
+
manpagesection(USAGE)
You use rsync in the same way you use rcp. You must specify a source
list of accessible paths on the server will be shown.
)
+Some paths on the remote server may require authentication. If so then
+you will receive a password prompt when you connect. You can avoid the
+password prompt by setting the environment variable RSYNC_PASSWORD to
+the password you want to use. This may be useful when scripting rsync.
+
manpagesection(RUNNING AN RSYNC SERVER)
An rsync server is configured using a config file which by default is
dit(bf(--daemon)) This tells rsync that it is to run as a rsync
daemon. If standard input is a socket then rsync will assume that it
is being run via inetd, otherwise it will detach from the current
-terminal and become a background daemon. The dameon will read the
+terminal and become a background daemon. The daemon will read the
config file (/etc/rsyncd.conf) on each connect made by a client and
respond to requests accordingly. See the rsyncd.conf(5) man page for more
details.
dit(bf(--config FILE)) This specifies an alternate config file than
-the default /etc/rsyncd.conf. This is only relevent when --daemon is
+the default /etc/rsyncd.conf. This is only relevant when --daemon is
specified.
dit(bf(--port PORT)) This specifies an alternate TCP port number to use
file permissions, devices etc are transferred as native numerical
values
-see also the comments on the -delete option
+see also the comments on the --delete option
Please report bugs! The rsync bug tracking system is online at
url(http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/)(http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/)