On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:09:58AM -0700, Mike Rubel wrote: > > > Somewhat belatedly, I can report that I use rysnc in daemon mode in > > conjunction with an SSH tunnel, but using remote port forwarding. I > > use the method to distribute password and shadow files. > > It seemed like this ought to be possible. > > So, out of curiousity, why does rsync include a "-e ssh" option at all? > Wouldn't it be simpler to pick one protocol (rsync) and let the user > tunnel it over his or her favorite encrypted transport?
For one thing, -e ssh came first. Secondly, it's also a lot simpler to use than to set up port forwarding to an rsync daemon. That's also why I think JD Paul's patch to have ssh directly run rsync --daemon is important. - Dave -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
