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-manpage(rsyncd.conf)(5)(18 Nov 1998)()()
+manpage(rsyncd.conf)(5)(25 Nov 1998)()()
manpagename(rsyncd.conf)(configuration file for rsync server)
manpagesynopsis()
equivalent file. See also the note about security for the exclude
option above.
+dit(bf(include)) The "include" option allows you to specify a space
+separated list of patterns which rsync should not exclude. This is
+equivalent to the client specifying these patterns with the --include
+option. This is useful as it allows you to build up quite complex
+exclude/include rules.
+
+See the section of exclude patterns for information on the syntax of
+this option.
+
+dit(bf(include from)) The "include from" option specifies a filename
+on the server that contains include patterns, one per line. This is
+equivalent to the client specifying the --include-from option with a
+equivalent file.
+
dit(bf(auth users)) The "auth users" option specifies a comma
and space separated list of usernames that will be allowed to connect
to this module. The usernames do not need to exist on the local
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. When an option is refused the server
-prints an error message and exits.
-
-The full names of the options must be used (ie. you must use
-"checksum" not "c" to disable checksumming).
+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).
+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
+client that requests compression.
dit(bf(dont compress)) The "dont compress" option allows you to select
filenames based on wildcard patterns that should not be compressed