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+manpage(rsyncd.conf)(5)(30 Sep 2004)()()
manpagename(rsyncd.conf)(configuration file for rsync server)
manpagesynopsis()
is a relatively new feature in rsync, so make sure your server is running
at least 2.6.3 to effect this.
+dit(bf(port)) You can override the default port the daemon will listen on
+by specifying this value (defaults to 873). This is ignored if the daemon
+is being run by inetd, and is superseded by the --port command-line option.
+
+dit(bf(address)) You can override the default IP address the daemon
+will listen on by specifying this value. This is ignored if the daemon is
+being run by inetd, and is superseded by the --address command-line option.
+
dit(bf(max connections)) The "max connections" option allows you to
specify the maximum number of simultaneous connections you will allow.
Any clients connecting when the maximum has been reached will receive a
dit(bf(refuse options)) The "refuse options" option allows you to
specify a space-separated list of rsync command line options that will
-be refused by your rsync server. The full names of the options must be
-used (i.e., you must use "checksum" not "c" to disable checksumming).
+be refused by your rsync server.
+You may specify the full option name, its one-letter abbreviation, or a
+wild-card string that matches multiple options.
+For example, this would refuse --checksum (-c) and all the options that
+start with "delete":
+
+quote(refuse options = c delete*)
+
When an option is refused, the server prints an error message and exits.
To prevent all compression, you can use "dont compress = *" (see below)
instead of "refuse options = compress" to avoid returning an error to a