alone to ensure that files inside a dir are fully protected.
differently from your normal system. For example, you could abbreviate
the list of users and groups. Also, you can protect this information from
being downloaded/uploaded by adding an exclude rule to the rsync.conf file
differently from your normal system. For example, you could abbreviate
the list of users and groups. Also, you can protect this information from
being downloaded/uploaded by adding an exclude rule to the rsync.conf file
-(e.g. "exclude = /etc/"). Note that having the exclusion affect uploads
+(e.g. "exclude = /etc/**"). Note that having the exclusion affect uploads
is a relatively new feature in rsync, so make sure your server is running
is a relatively new feature in rsync, so make sure your server is running
-at least 2.6.3 to effect this.
+at least 2.6.3 to effect this. Also note that it is safest to exclude a
+directory and all its contents combining the rule "/some/dir/" with the
+rule "/some/dir/**" just to be sure that rsync will not allow deeper
+access to some of the excluded files inside the directory (rsync tries to
+do this automatically, but you might as well specify both to be extra
+sure).
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
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