I feel like a fool, but I simply can't make rsync work with passwords.
I am using rsync 2.4.1 to effect file transfers between two Solaris
2.6 systems.
I have an automated transfer set up from rsync running as a daemon
(service name "file_xfer") on "repository" to rsync executed on
"mirrorhost". Both ends run as root, as I must change file
ownerships. So, I put "auth users = yes" in /etc/rsyncd.conf on
"repository" and put the following line in /etc/rysncd.secrets:
root:abcdef
[No, that's not my final password.]
When I execute the command to perform the transfer, I get a password
prompt, to which I enter "abcdef". Then, I get the message:
@ERROR: auth failed on module file_xfer
Same result when I try to use --password-file.
Nothing I do gives me any more information. Invoking -vv or even -vvv
doesn't give me any debugging information. truss(1) confirms that my
user ID is indeed being sent as root, but other than that isn't much
help.
Here are the details:
On "repository" (the server / sending host):
# ls -asl /etc/rsyncd.*
2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 353 Jun 28 12:50 /etc/rsyncd.conf
2 -rw------- 1 root other 12 Jun 28 12:53 /etc/rsyncd.secrets
# cat /etc/rsyncd.conf
log file = /var/rsyncd/rsyncd.log
pid file = /var/rsyncd/pid
syslog facility = daemon
[file_xfer]
comment = rsync daemon service for WISDOM disaster recovery backup
list = no
auth users = yes
secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets
path = /
read only = yes
use chroot = yes
uid = root
gid = root
hosts deny = *
hosts allow = mirrorhost mirrorhost.example.com
# cat /etc/rsyncd.secrets
root:abcdef
On "mirrorhost" (the client / receiving host):
# ls -asl /tmp/pw.txt
16 -rw------- 1 root other 7 Jun 28 12:51 /tmp/pw.txt
# cat /tmp/pw.txt
abcdef
# rsync -vvv --password-file=/tmp/pw.txt repository::file_xfer/etc/passwd .
@ERROR: auth failed on module file_xfer
So, what am I missing here?
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