From: David Dykstra Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 19:03:40 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Indicate that the exclude options in rsyncd.conf only apply when receiving X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/commitdiff_plain/a1e0e45e0121de619175e86db2e34be62b862646 Indicate that the exclude options in rsyncd.conf only apply when receiving files to a server and not when sending files to it. --- diff --git a/rsyncd.conf.yo b/rsyncd.conf.yo index 6d58e8a8..52e00913 100644 --- a/rsyncd.conf.yo +++ b/rsyncd.conf.yo @@ -173,12 +173,12 @@ was run as root. This complements the "uid" option. The default is gid -2, which is normally the group "nobody". dit(bf(exclude)) The "exclude" option allows you to specify a space -separated list of patterns to add to the exclude list. This is -equivalent to the client specifying these patterns with the --exclude -option except that the exclude list is not passed to the client and -thus only apply on the server. Only one "exclude" option may be -specified, but you can use "-" and "+" before patterns to specify -exclude/include. +separated list of patterns to add to the exclude list. This is equivalent +to the client specifying these patterns with the --exclude option, except +that the exclude list is not passed to the client and thus only applies on +the server and also only applies when receiving files from a server and not +when sending files to it. Only one "exclude" option may be specified, but +you can use "-" and "+" before patterns to specify exclude/include. Note that this option is not designed with strong security in mind, it is quite possible that a client may find a way to bypass this