On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 11:40:58PM +1000, Martin Pool wrote: > On 22 Apr 2002, Sonu Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i get the following error: > > @ERROR: invalid uid rsync > > You probably have a line like > > uid = rsync > > in the server's rsyncd.conf, but there's no such user defined on the > server. If you're using a chroot jail, then the passwd file inside > the jail does not contain the uid; you should copy it in or specify > the uid by number.
Did you mean rsync's call to chroot, or a chroot around the whole invocation of rsync? Rsync's chroot doesn't happen until after the "uid =" in rsyncd.conf is processed, so that still works without copying in the passwd file. - Dave -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
