> > Maybe there should be a blurb on why you would use it? > > Ssh with user key authentication is the way to go for me. > > If anyone is interested, I can post my backup script which includes> > > > snapshots.
> I'm glad you posted that Wayne, because I've been scratching my > head too> wondering what use the rsync daemon is. I've never used it either; > I> thought that maybe it was just me. > Thanks Wayne, that looks interesting, however, my current system (like> > yours, rsync + ssh) works well. Regarding the rsync daemon, and > as there> have been no further posts, here's a link I found as to why it > might be > With the rsync server you can have users transfer files without an > account on the remote system similar to anonymous ftp. You get > the additional advantages of rsync including: > > * Only actual changed pieces of files are transferred > * The tiny pieces of diffs are compressed on the fly > > I agree that for many users the server is not needed, but it > does provide> advantages in some cases. Getting back to the book's instructions when there are security concerns, is it right for the book to build with a RW /home directory? Whether or not one uses the daemon, will it work with "useradd -d /dev/null ..."? (I did see one page on configuring rsync that did that, but only one. Most assume the distro did whatever.) Does the daemon need at least a RO directory, which might be owned by root?
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