What's in rsyncd.excludes, and what's the command line. A common problem is that people don't know exactly which path components to include in the exclude list. Using -vv often helps with debugging excludes.
- Dave Dykstra On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 11:26:38AM -0400, Paul Slinski wrote: > I am attempting to utilize the exclude from option in my rsync configuration > file (rather than maintain lists on users machines) but it does not appear to > be working. > > One example, I placed *.mp3 in the file to keep them from syncing mp3 files to > the server and jamming up space. But rsync just seems to ignore this and > syncs the files anyway without any errors to the syslog. > > All of my configurations are in /etc > > Here is rsyncd.conf > pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid > max connections = 2 > use chroot = yes > motd file = /etc/rsyncd.motd > log file = /arch1/sync/rsync.log > > [test] > path = /arch1/sync/paul > list = false > read only = false > uid = 900 > gid = 900 > exclude from = /etc/rsyncd.excludes > auth users = paul > secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets > hosts allow = 192.168.10.10 > > --------------------- > And file permissions > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 355 Apr 26 11:21 /etc/rsyncd.conf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 344 Apr 26 10:20 /etc/rsyncd.excludes > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 242 Apr 26 10:36 /etc/rsyncd.motd > -rw------- 1 root root 14 Apr 26 10:34 /etc/rsyncd.secrets > > I've looked around the web and archives for an answer, so now I turn to you. > Any suggestions are welcome. > > -- > Paul Slinski > System Administrator > Global IQX > http://www.globaliqx.com/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
