quote(rsync stream tcp nowait root /usr/bin/rsync rsyncd --daemon)
-You will then need to send inetd a HUP signal to tell it to reread its
-config file.
+Replace "/usr/bin/rsync" with the path to where you have rsync installed on
+your system. You will then need to send inetd a HUP signal to tell it to
+reread its config file.
Note that you should not send the rsync server a HUP signal to force
it to reread the tt(/etc/rsyncd.conf). The file is re-read on each client
to the "path" before starting the file transfer with the client. This has
the advantage of extra protection against possible implementation security
holes, but it has the disadvantages of requiring super-user privileges and
-of not being able to follow symbolic links outside of the new root path.
-The default is to use chroot.
+of not being able to follow symbolic links outside of the new root path
+when reading. For writing 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.
dit(bf(max connections)) The "max connections" option allows you to
specify the maximum number of simultaneous connections you will allow
The default is no "hosts deny" option, which means all hosts can connect.
+dit(bf(ignore errors)) The "ignore errors" option tells rsyncd to
+ignore IO errors on the server when deciding whether to run the delete
+phase of the transfer. Normally rsync skips the --delete step if any
+IO errors have occurred in order to prevent disasterous deletion due
+to a temporary resource shortage or other IO error. In some cases this
+test is counter productive so you can use this option to turn off this
+behaviour.
+
dit(bf(transfer logging)) The "transfer logging" option enables per-file
logging of downloads and uploads in a format somewhat similar to that
used by ftp daemons. If you want to customize the log formats look at
Matt McCutchen's Web Site / rsync / rsync.git / blobdiff