Rsync should not be responsible for detecting what a filesystem can handle.
That makes the most sense to me. There are countless filesystems, each
with their own quirks, and countless mkfs and mount options which just
multiplies the possible fs behaviors even more. Best to provide controls
an
Any possibility of a version of rsync that doesn't need RSH or SSH?
rsync already doesn't need rsh or ssh.
* On host A (server, with room to accept big uploads):
Edit /etc/rsyncd.conf, add this to the end:
[hostb]
path = /srv/rsync/hostb
auth users = hostb
Edit /etc/rsyncd.s