On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 06:36:41PM +0200, Giorgos Chatzilias wrote:
> Dear all,
> I would like please to ask how a client side rsync command is syntaxed.
> The daemon runs at port 2000 (--port=2000)
> and the rsyncd.conf is:
>
> [modulename]
> path = /usr/tmp/lala
> auth users = giorgos
> secrets file = /usr/WWW/htdocs/winman/rsync-2.4.6/rsyncd.secrets
>
> The remote server is accessed through ssh.
> How the module [modulename], the port number and the auth users field
> are used?
>
> Any help is welcome and valuable.
You're getting confused about rsync daemon and ssh access. They are
independent. When you use "-e ssh" and the "machinename:" syntax, the
--port option and the rsync daemon are ignored. When you use the
"machinename::" syntax, the "-e ssh" is ignored and the --port is honored.
- Dave Dykstra
