I have rsync daemon running on a fedora core 4 box that I am trying to use
as a backup server for my web sites. I dont have shell access on my web
host so will need to run a cron job to do the backups, which is what I want
to do anyway.
For testing purposes however I am using a php script using the "system()"
function so I am getting some feedback.
In my rsyncd.conf file I have the following very simple module for testing
purposes
max connections = 2
syslog facility = local3
log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log
[test]
uid = lhotch
gid = lhotch
comment = test area
path = /lhotch
read only = no
list = yes
use chroot = yes
hosts allow = xx.xx.xx.xx
auth users = larry
secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets
from the web host when I run the following command
rsync -P -v -W -r --password-file=/path/secrets.rsync *
[EMAIL PROTECTED]::lhotch/
now in the above, I have substituted the real IP that im using with x's and
the path to the secret file is a valid absolute path to secrets.rsync(which
contains only the password that matches the one in rsyncd.secrets). My
/etc/rsyncd.secrets file has its permissions set at 600 and the rsync
daemon is running under root.
If I run just this command
rsync xx.xx.xx.xx::
I get the available modules so I know the 2 servers are talking.
Additionally if I remove the auth users and secrets file directives from
rsync config All of the files from the directory where the script is run on
down get copied so everything seems to be working but authentication. I
tried changing the hosts allow to an ip other than the one I am running the
command from and the transfer doesnt work so that also seems to be working.
On every failed attempt however with auth users and secrets file in
rsyncd.conf I do get 2 errors in the log...
2006/03/31 17:45:00 [3494] forward name lookup for
xx.xx-xx-xxx.reverse.theplanet.com failed: Name or service not known
2006/03/31 17:45:00 [3494] auth failed on module test from unknown
(xx.xx.xx.xx).
So, it seems the reverse DNS looking cant be resolved yet the auth users
seems to still work and then I assume the next error is that auth for the
user failed.
Can anyone shed some light on what I am doing wrong?
Larry.
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