Re: --link-dest mostly useless on a server without chroot

2004-03-27 Thread Wayne Davison
On Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 02:13:50PM -0500, Andrew Pimlott wrote: > Cool! I assume it's something like > > rsync --link-dest /current /mydirtobackup server::backup/new > > ie, you don't put the module name in the link-dest. Correct. It works the same when the module is hosted chrooted or not

Re: exclude confusion: what does it match against?

2004-03-27 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 10:29:35AM -0800, Wayne Davison wrote: > Thanks, I edited this down a little and included it in my suggested doc > change (it's now in CVS). Thanks! I think with those examples, everyone should be able to figure out what to do. Andrew -- To unsubscribe or change options:

Re: --link-dest mostly useless on a server without chroot

2004-03-27 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 01:54:29AM -0800, Wayne Davison wrote: > On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 09:02:42AM -0800, Wayne Davison wrote: > > Yes, those options should really replace "/" with the root dir of the > > module when chroot isn't specified (rather than just stripping the slash > > off). > > This

Re: exclude confusion: what does it match against?

2004-03-27 Thread Wayne Davison
On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 08:55:48PM -0600, John Van Essen wrote: > This is another opportunity to (try to) make more clear the > effects of using a trailing slash on the source and using the > --relative option. They not only affect the absolute-path > pattern but also where the source file ends up

Re: rsync/cwsync dir spaces on the path

2004-03-27 Thread Tim Conway
Because spaces are part of the syntax of the rsyncd.conf, you'll need to work around them. Wildcards are outside the concept of modules, as referring to the module is referring to a specific location on the filesystem, not a range of possible choices. You can either use symlinks to give nice c

Re: Root access over ssh?

2004-03-27 Thread Tim Conway
Please tell me you're just going along with the joke. In case you're not, please immediately remove those lines and rehup your inetd. Tim Conway Unix System Administration Contractor - IBM Global Services desk:3032734776 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > you might as well also add "opendoorstream

Re: --link-dest mostly useless on a server without chroot

2004-03-27 Thread Wayne Davison
On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 09:02:42AM -0800, Wayne Davison wrote: > Yes, those options should really replace "/" with the root dir of the > module when chroot isn't specified (rather than just stripping the slash > off). This is now fixed in CVS. ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe or change options: http: