On Fri 24 Jun 2022, Kevin Korb via rsync wrote: > Nope. Rsync groups are not groups of users they are just @users with their > own password. I believe the @ just designates that you intend multiple > people to have that password and use that username.
I think I have to disagree here. The manpage for rsyncd.conf states: In addition to username matching, you can specify groupname matching via a '@' prefix. When using groupname matching, the authenticating username must be a real user on the system, or it will be assumed to be a member of no groups. For example, specifying "@rsync" will match the authenticating user if the named user is a member of the rsync group. So the user used by the client rsync should exist on the system and belong to the specified system group for any permissions that are given to that group in rsyncd.conf to be applicable. The password will still need to be set in the secrets file, no system passwords are used. Check the rsyncd.conf manpage, heading "auth users". Paul -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html