Re: Behaviour that I don't understand

Paul Slootman writes: On Wed 02 Aug 2006, Alan Chandler wrote: The /etc/rsyncd.conf file has the following in it chroot = false strict modes = false hosts allow = 192.168.0.0/24 127.0.0.1 [system] path = /cygdrive/c comment = the complete c drive [alan] path = /cygdrive/c/Documents

Re: Behaviour that I don't understand

On Wednesday 02 August 2006 23:28, Alan Chandler wrote: > I am trying to set up rsync as a daemon under WindowsXP (professional) in > order to be able to backup this machine on to a linux server. I am > struggling with an issue I don't understand. I don't know whether it is an

Behaviour that I don't understand

ogether) that I can make work is hosts allow = * If I do that it works Why is it that this form of hosts allow is needed. The manual says that if the hosts allow is not present it should allow all hosts - but it doesn't seem to. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- Unsubs

Re: Problem with rsyncd in Windows XP

On Monday 14 Nov 2005 11:07, Alan Chandler wrote: > On Sunday 13 Nov 2005 08:41, Alan Chandler wrote: .. > > I have just got a new laptop that runs XP (professional).  I set up rsync > > on there identically to before.  From my server, I can get see that the > > rsync daemon

Re: Problem with rsyncd in Windows XP

On Sunday 13 Nov 2005 08:41, Alan Chandler wrote: > I have long backed up my work laptop (running win2k) by running the rsync > daemon using cygrunsrv on the lap top and using an overnight cron job from > my Debian server to suck out all the data and save it. > > I have just got a

Problem with rsyncd in Windows XP

[alan] has permissions (from a cygwin bash shell) as mod 775, owner Administrators.SYSTEM and the files inside this directory are owned by chandlera.SYSTEM Anyone and ideas? -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk Open Source. It's the difference between trust and antitrust.