On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, J.D. Baldwin wrote:
>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
>So, what am I missing here?
You need to put yes's password in the secrets file and specify "yes@host" for
the remote end.
phma
