Added the "write only" option to the daemon config file.

[rsync/rsync.git] / rsyncd.conf.yo

diff --git a/rsyncd.conf.yo b/rsyncd.conf.yo
index b533667..3a631dc 100644 (file)
--- a/rsyncd.conf.yo
+++ b/rsyncd.conf.yo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 mailto(rsync-bugs@samba.org)
-manpage(rsyncd.conf)(5)(1 Jan 2004)()()
+manpage(rsyncd.conf)(5)(30 Apr 2004)()()
 manpagename(rsyncd.conf)(configuration file for rsync server)
 manpagesynopsis()
 
@@ -138,8 +138,10 @@ of not being able to follow symbolic links outside of the new root path
 when reading, and of complicating the preservation of usernames and groups
 (see below).  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.
+path, and leading slashes are removed from most absolute paths (options
+such as --backup-dir, --compare-dest, etc. interpret an absolute path as
+rooted in the module's "path" dir, just as if chroot was specified).
+The default for "use chroot" is true.
 
 In order to preserve usernames and groupnames, rsync needs to be able to
 use the standard library functions for looking up names and IDs (i.e.
@@ -177,6 +179,12 @@ attempted uploads will fail. If "read only" is false then uploads will
 be possible if file permissions on the server allow them. The default
 is for all modules to be read only.
 
+dit(bf(write only)) The "write only" option determines whether clients
+will be able to download files or not. If "write only" is true then any
+attempted downloads will fail. If "write only" is false then downloads
+will be possible if file permissions on the server allow them.  The
+default is for this option to be disabled.
+
 dit(bf(list)) The "list" option determines if this module should be
 listed when the client asks for a listing of available modules. By
 setting this to false you can create hidden modules. The default is