@ 1:21:25 PM on 11/19/2001, M. Drew Streib wrote: >> And it works. But this next part I don't understand.. I kill the rsync >> daemon on the remote host, then I try the above command line again on >> the local host and it works!? Say what?! By using ssh does it bypass >> the remote daemon altogether?
MDS> Yes. When ssh is used, sshd receives the connection, and rsync remote MDS> executes rsync on the server, using permissions it recieved via MDS> ssh. OK, good, so I'm not crazy. :-) So to use ssh is actually better? What do you mean by "rsync remote executes rsync on the server" when rsync isn't running in daemon mode on the remote side? >> It's like it's not reading /etc/rsyncd.conf -- I just don't get it. MDS> It isn't. When using ssh, just handle access in the same way MDS> you'd normally handle ssh access. ACK. Is there any FAQ somewhere that explains good candidates for what causes the "is your shell clean" error when using ssh (if that matters)? -- -Brian Clark | PGP is spoken here: 0xE4D0C7C8 Please, DO NOT carbon copy me on list replies.
