Decided to use "nobody" instead of "guest".

diff --git a/authenticate.c b/authenticate.c
index 9254fb0..d1ffca6 100644 (file)
--- a/authenticate.c
+++ b/authenticate.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ void auth_client(int fd, char *user, char *challenge)
        extern char *password_file;
 
        if (!user || !*user)
-               user = "guest";
+               user = "nobody";
 
        if (!(pass=getpassf(password_file)) && !(pass=getenv("RSYNC_PASSWORD"))) {
                /* XXX: cyeoh says that getpass is deprecated, because

diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index bce6155..ac472f5 100644 (file)
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ password to a shell transport such as ssh.
 
 dit(bf(USER) or bf(LOGNAME)) The USER or LOGNAME environment variables
 are used to determine the default username sent to an rsync server.
-If neither is set, the username defaults to "guest".
+If neither is set, the username defaults to "nobody".
 
 dit(bf(HOME)) The HOME environment variable is used to find the user's
 default .cvsignore file.