Matt McCutchen-7 wrote: > >>OK, let's be clear here. If you want to start a daemon to accept >>connections, the command is "rsync --daemon"; pass a --config=FILE >>option if you want to use a configuration file other than the >>default /etc/rsyncd.conf . If you want to access an rsync daemon, put a >>*double* colon after the remote hostname: > > ><remote-server-ip-address>::/random/file-or-directory >
I am now able to backup from the remote server, I have tested it several times with random file backups. Although, I am still having problems with the daemon on the remote server. I ran the command "rsync --daemon" on the remote server, no error there. But then I ran the following error to do a test backup and received this error: # rsync <server-ip>::/random/file-or-directory/ /random/file-or-directory/ ERROR: The remote path must start with a module name not a / rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at main.c(1383) [receiver=2.6.9] What does the error mean, do I need to make a new configuration file as a module? I will post the config that I have on the remote server and on my local machine: Remote server config: uid = admin gid = admins read only = true use chroot = true transfer logging = true log format = %h %o %f %l %b log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log hosts allow = trusted.hosts slp refresh = 300 [Realperson Backups] path = /random/file-or-directory comment = for running backups auth users = admin secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets [Realperson Backup Daemon] path = /random/file-or-directory/daemon comment = for running Daemon backups auth users = admin secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets And the local config from my local linux machine: uid = rsync-admin gid = admins read only = true use chroot = true transfer logging = true log format = %h %o %f %l %b log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid hosts allow = trusted.hosts slp refresh = 300 [Backup Directory] comment = rsync Datensicherung Verzeichnis path = /random/file-or-directory readonly = false transfer logging = yes list = yes # auth users = root secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets Is there anything that I missed in my configuration files? I was not sure whether or not I needed the second configuration, can I delete it? ----- Computers are like air conditioners. They both dont work, if you open windows. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Suggestions-for-basic-rsync-configuration-tp16025015p16092572.html Sent from the Samba - rsync mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html