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NAME

       rsyncd.conf - configuration file for rsync in daemon mode

SYNOPSIS

       rsyncd.conf

DESCRIPTION

       The  rsyncd.conf  file  is  the  runtime configuration file for rsync when run as an rsync
       daemon.

       The rsyncd.conf file controls authentication, access, logging and available modules.

FILE FORMAT

       The file consists of modules and parameters. A module begins with the name of  the  module
       in  square brackets and continues until the next module begins. Modules contain parameters
       of the form "name = value".

       The file is line-based -- that  is,  each  newline-terminated  line  represents  either  a
       comment, a module name or a parameter.

       Only  the  first equals sign in a parameter is significant. Whitespace before or after the
       first equals sign is discarded. Leading, trailing and internal whitespace  in  module  and
       parameter  names  is  irrelevant.  Leading and trailing whitespace in a parameter value is
       discarded. Internal whitespace within a parameter value is retained verbatim.

       Any line beginning with a hash (#) is ignored, as are lines  containing  only  whitespace.
       (If a hash occurs after anything other than leading whitespace, it is considered a part of
       the line’s content.)

       Any line ending in a \ is "continued" on the next line in the customary UNIX fashion.

       The values following the equals sign in parameters are all  either  a  string  (no  quotes
       needed)  or  a  boolean,  which  may  be  given  as yes/no, 0/1 or true/false. Case is not
       significant in boolean values, but is preserved in string values.

LAUNCHING THE RSYNC DAEMON

       The rsync daemon is launched by specifying the --daemon option to rsync.

       The daemon must run with root privileges if you wish to use chroot,  to  bind  to  a  port
       numbered under 1024 (as is the default 873), or to set file ownership.  Otherwise, it must
       just have permission to read and write the appropriate data, log, and lock files.

       You can launch it either via inetd, as a stand-alone daemon, or from an rsync client via a
       remote  shell.   If run as a stand-alone daemon then just run the command "rsync --daemon"
       from a suitable startup script.

       When run via inetd you should add a line like this to /etc/services:

         rsync           873/tcp

       and a single line something like this to /etc/inetd.conf:

         rsync   stream  tcp     nowait  root   /usr/bin/rsync rsyncd --daemon

       Replace "/usr/bin/rsync" with the path to where you have rsync installed on  your  system.
       You will then need to send inetd a HUP signal to tell it to reread its config file.

       Note  that  you  should  not  send the rsync daemon a HUP signal to force it to reread the
       rsyncd.conf file. The file is re-read on each client connection.

GLOBAL PARAMETERS

       The first parameters in the file (before a [module] header) are the global parameters.

       You may also include any module parameters in the global part of the config file in  which
       case the supplied value will override the default for that parameter.

       You  may  use  references  to  environment  variables in the values of parameters.  String
       parameters will have %VAR% references expanded as late as possible  (when  the  string  is
       used  in  the  program),  allowing  for the use of variables that rsync sets at connection
       time, such as RSYNC_USER_NAME.  Non-string parameters (such as  true/false  settings)  are
       expanded when read from the config file.  If a variable does not exist in the environment,
       or if a sequence of characters is not a valid reference  (such  as  an  un-paired  percent
       sign),  the  raw  characters  are  passed  through  unchanged.   This  helps with backward
       compatibility and safety (e.g. expanding a non-existent %VAR% to an empty string in a path
       could result in a very unsafe path).  The safest way to insert a literal % into a value is
       to use %%.

       motd file
              This parameter allows you to specify a "message of the day" to display  to  clients
              on  each connect. This usually contains site information and any legal notices. The
              default is no motd file.  This can  be  overridden  by  the  --dparam=motdfile=FILE
              command-line option when starting the daemon.

       pid file
              This parameter tells the rsync daemon to write its process ID to that file.  If the
              file already exists, the rsync daemon will abort rather than  overwrite  the  file.
              This  can  be  overridden  by  the  --dparam=pidfile=FILE  command-line option when
              starting the daemon.

       port   You can override the default port the daemon will  listen  on  by  specifying  this
              value  (defaults to 873).  This is ignored if the daemon is being run by inetd, and
              is superseded by the --port command-line option.

       address
              You can override the default IP address the daemon will  listen  on  by  specifying
              this value.  This is ignored if the daemon is being run by inetd, and is superseded
              by the --address command-line option.

       socket options
              This parameter can provide endless fun for people who like to tune their systems to
              the utmost degree. You can set all sorts of socket options which may make transfers
              faster (or slower!). Read the man page for the setsockopt() system call for details
              on some of the options you may be able to set. By default no special socket options
              are set.  These settings can also be  specified  via  the  --sockopts  command-line
              option.

       listen backlog
              You can override the default backlog value when the daemon listens for connections.
              It defaults to 5.

MODULE PARAMETERS

       After the global parameters you should define a number of modules, each module  exports  a
       directory  tree  as  a  symbolic name. Modules are exported by specifying a module name in
       square brackets [module] followed by the parameters for  that  module.   The  module  name
       cannot contain a slash or a closing square bracket.  If the name contains whitespace, each
       internal sequence of whitespace will be changed into a  single  space,  while  leading  or
       trailing whitespace will be discarded.

       As  with  GLOBAL PARAMETERS, you may use references to environment variables in the values
       of parameters.  See the GLOBAL PARAMETERS section for more details.

       comment
              This parameter specifies a description string that is displayed next to the  module
              name when clients obtain a list of available modules. The default is no comment.

       path   This parameter specifies the directory in the daemon’s filesystem to make available
              in this module.  You must specify this parameter for each module in rsyncd.conf.

              You may base the path’s value off of an environment  variable  by  surrounding  the
              variable name with percent signs.  You can even reference a variable that is set by
              rsync when the user connects.  For example, this would use the  authorizing  user’s
              name in the path:

                  path = /home/%RSYNC_USER_NAME%

              It  is  fine if the path includes internal spaces -- they will be retained verbatim
              (which means that you shouldn’t try to escape them).  If your final directory has a
              trailing  space  (and  this  is  somehow  not  something you wish to fix), append a
              trailing slash to the path to avoid losing the trailing whitespace.

       use chroot
              If "use chroot" is true, the rsync daemon will chroot to the "path" before starting
              the  file  transfer  with  the  client.  This has the advantage of extra protection
              against possible implementation security holes, but it  has  the  disadvantages  of
              requiring  super-user  privileges,  of not being able to follow symbolic links that
              are either absolute or outside of the  new  root  path,  and  of  complicating  the
              preservation of users and groups by name (see below).

              As  an  additional safety feature, you can specify a dot-dir in the module’s "path"
              to indicate the point where the chroot should occur.  This allows rsync to run in a
              chroot  with  a  non-"/"  path  for  the top of the transfer hierarchy.  Doing this
              guards against unintended library loading (since those absolute paths will  not  be
              inside  the  transfer  hierarchy unless you have used an unwise pathname), and lets
              you setup libraries for the chroot that are outside of the transfer.  For  example,
              specifying "/var/rsync/./module1" will chroot to the "/var/rsync" directory and set
              the inside-chroot path to "/module1".  If you had omitted the dot-dir,  the  chroot
              would have used the whole path, and the inside-chroot path would have been "/".

              When  "use  chroot"  is false or the inside-chroot path is not "/", rsync will: (1)
              munge symlinks by default for security reasons (see "munge symlinks" for a  way  to
              turn this off, but only if you trust your users), (2) substitute leading slashes in
              absolute paths with the module’s  path  (so  that  options  such  as  --backup-dir,
              --compare-dest,  etc.  interpret  an absolute path as rooted in the module’s "path"
              dir), and (3) trim ".." path elements from args if rsync believes they would escape
              the  module  hierarchy.   The  default  for  "use chroot" is true, and is the safer
              choice (especially if the module is not read-only).

              When this parameter is enabled, rsync will not attempt to map users and  groups  by
              name (by default), but instead copy IDs as though --numeric-ids had been specified.
              In order to enable name-mapping, rsync needs to be able to use the standard library
              functions for looking up names and IDs (i.e.  getpwuid() , getgrgid() , getpwname()
              , and getgrnam() ).  This means the rsync process in the chroot hierarchy will need
              to  have  access  to  the  resources used by these library functions (traditionally
              /etc/passwd and /etc/group, but perhaps additional dynamic libraries as well).

              If you copy the necessary resources into  the  module’s  chroot  area,  you  should
              protect  them  through  your OS’s normal user/group or ACL settings (to prevent the
              rsync module’s user from being able to change them), and then hide  them  from  the
              user’s  view  via "exclude" (see how in the discussion of that parameter).  At that
              point it will be safe to enable the mapping of users and groups by name  using  the
              "numeric ids" daemon parameter (see below).

              Note  also  that  you are free to setup custom user/group information in the chroot
              area that is different from your normal system.  For example, you could  abbreviate
              the list of users and groups.

       numeric ids
              Enabling  this  parameter  disables the mapping of users and groups by name for the
              current  daemon  module.   This  prevents  the  daemon  from  trying  to  load  any
              user/group-related  files or libraries.  This enabling makes the transfer behave as
              if the client had passed the --numeric-ids command-line option.  By  default,  this
              parameter is enabled for chroot modules and disabled for non-chroot modules.

              A  chroot-enabled module should not have this parameter enabled unless you’ve taken
              steps to ensure that the module has the necessary resources it needs  to  translate
              names, and that it is not possible for a user to change those resources.

       munge symlinks
              This  parameter  tells  rsync  to  modify  all  symlinks  in  the  same  way as the
              (non-daemon-affecting) --munge-links command-line option (using a method  described
              below).   This  should  help protect your files from user trickery when your daemon
              module is writable.  The default is disabled  when  "use  chroot"  is  on  and  the
              inside-chroot path is "/", otherwise it is enabled.

              If  you  disable this parameter on a daemon that is not read-only, there are tricks
              that a user can play with uploaded symlinks to  access  daemon-excluded  items  (if
              your  module  has any), and, if "use chroot" is off, rsync can even be tricked into
              showing or changing data that is outside the module’s path  (as  access-permissions
              allow).

              The  way  rsync  disables the use of symlinks is to prefix each one with the string
              "/rsyncd-munged/".  This prevents the  links  from  being  used  as  long  as  that
              directory does not exist.  When this parameter is enabled, rsync will refuse to run
              if that path is a directory or a symlink to a directory.   When  using  the  "munge
              symlinks"  parameter  in  a  chroot area that has an inside-chroot path of "/", you
              should add "/rsyncd-munged/" to the exclude setting for the module so that  a  user
              can’t try to create it.

              Note:   rsync  makes  no  attempt  to  verify that any pre-existing symlinks in the
              module’s hierarchy are as safe as you want them to be (unless, of course,  it  just
              copied  in  the  whole  hierarchy).   If you setup an rsync daemon on a new area or
              locally add symlinks, you can manually protect your symlinks from being  abused  by
              prefixing "/rsyncd-munged/" to the start of every symlink’s value.  There is a perl
              script in the support directory of the source code named "munge-symlinks" that  can
              be used to add or remove this prefix from your symlinks.

              When  this  parameter  is disabled on a writable module and "use chroot" is off (or
              the inside-chroot path is not "/"), incoming symlinks will be modified  to  drop  a
              leading  slash  and  to  remove ".." path elements that rsync believes will allow a
              symlink to escape the module’s hierarchy.  There are tricky  ways  to  work  around
              this,  though, so you had better trust your users if you choose this combination of
              parameters.

       charset
              This specifies the name of the character set in which the  module’s  filenames  are
              stored.  If the client uses an --iconv option, the daemon will use the value of the
              "charset" parameter regardless of the character set  the  client  actually  passed.
              This  allows  the  daemon  to support charset conversion in a chroot module without
              extra files in the chroot area, and also ensures that name-translation is done in a
              consistent  manner.   If  the "charset" parameter is not set, the --iconv option is
              refused, just as if "iconv" had been specified via "refuse options".

              If you wish to force users to always use  --iconv  for  a  particular  module,  add
              "no-iconv" to the "refuse options" parameter.  Keep in mind that this will restrict
              access to your module to very new rsync clients.

       max connections
              This parameter allows you to specify the maximum number of simultaneous connections
              you  will  allow.   Any  clients  connecting when the maximum has been reached will
              receive a message telling them to try later.  The default  is  0,  which  means  no
              limit.  A negative value disables the module.  See also the "lock file" parameter.

       log file
              When  the  "log file" parameter is set to a non-empty string, the rsync daemon will
              log messages to the indicated file rather than using syslog. This  is  particularly
              useful  on systems (such as AIX) where syslog() doesn’t work for chrooted programs.
              The file is opened before chroot() is called, allowing it to be placed outside  the
              transfer.   If  this  value  is  set on a per-module basis instead of globally, the
              global log will still contain  any  authorization  failures  or  config-file  error
              messages.

              If  the  daemon fails to open the specified file, it will fall back to using syslog
              and output an error about  the  failure.   (Note  that  the  failure  to  open  the
              specified log file used to be a fatal error.)

              This    setting    can    be   overridden   by   using   the   --log-file=FILE   or
              --dparam=logfile=FILE command-line options.  The former overrides all the  log-file
              parameters of the daemon and all module settings.  The latter sets the daemon’s log
              file and the default for all the modules, which still allows  modules  to  override
              the default setting.

       syslog facility
              This  parameter  allows you to specify the syslog facility name to use when logging
              messages from the rsync daemon. You may use any standard syslog facility name which
              is  defined  on  your  system.  Common names are auth, authpriv, cron, daemon, ftp,
              kern, lpr, mail, news,  security,  syslog,  user,  uucp,  local0,  local1,  local2,
              local3, local4, local5, local6 and local7. The default is daemon.  This setting has
              no effect if the "log file" setting is  a  non-empty  string  (either  set  in  the
              per-modules settings, or inherited from the global settings).

       max verbosity
              This parameter allows you to control the maximum amount of verbose information that
              you’ll allow the daemon to generate (since the information goes into the log file).
              The default is 1, which allows the client to request one level of verbosity.

              This also affects the user’s ability to request higher levels of --info and --debug
              logging.  If the max value is 2, then no info and/or debug  value  that  is  higher
              than what would be set by -vv will be honored by the daemon in its logging.  To see
              how high of a verbosity level you need to accept for a particular info/debug level,
              refer  to  "rsync  --info=help"  and  "rsync --debug=help".  For instance, it takes
              max-verbosity 4 to be able to output debug TIME2 and FLIST3.

       lock file
              This parameter  specifies  the  file  to  use  to  support  the  "max  connections"
              parameter. The rsync daemon uses record locking on this file to ensure that the max
              connections limit is not exceeded for the  modules  sharing  the  lock  file.   The
              default is /var/run/rsyncd.lock.

       read only
              This  parameter  determines whether clients will be able to upload files or not. If
              "read only" is true then any attempted uploads will fail. If "read only"  is  false
              then  uploads  will  be possible if file permissions on the daemon side allow them.
              The default is for all modules to be read only.

              Note that "auth users" can override this setting on a per-user basis.

       write only
              This parameter determines whether clients will be able to download files or not. If
              "write  only"  is  true  then any attempted downloads will fail. If "write only" is
              false then downloads will be possible if file permissions on the daemon side  allow
              them.  The default is for this parameter to be disabled.

       list   This  parameter determines whether this module is listed when the client asks for a
              listing of available modules.  In addition, if  this  is  false,  the  daemon  will
              pretend  the  module does not exist when a client denied by "hosts allow" or "hosts
              deny" attempts to access it.  Realize that if "reverse lookup" is disabled globally
              but  enabled  for  the  module,  the  resulting  reverse  lookup  to  a potentially
              client-controlled DNS server may still reveal to the client that it hit an existing
              module.  The default is for modules to be listable.

       uid    This  parameter  specifies the user name or user ID that file transfers to and from
              that module should take place as when the daemon was run as  root.  In  combination
              with  the  "gid" parameter this determines what file permissions are available. The
              default when run by a super-user is to switch to the system’s "nobody"  user.   The
              default  for a non-super-user is to not try to change the user.  See also the "gid"
              parameter.

              The RSYNC_USER_NAME environment variable may be used to request that rsync  run  as
              the  authorizing  user.   For  example, if you want a rsync to run as the same user
              that was received for the rsync authentication, this setup is useful:

                  uid = %RSYNC_USER_NAME%
                  gid = *

       gid    This parameter specifies one or  more  group  names/IDs  that  will  be  used  when
              accessing  the module.  The first one will be the default group, and any extra ones
              be set as supplemental groups.  You may also specify a "*" as the first gid in  the
              list,  which will be replaced by all the normal groups for the transfer’s user (see
              "uid").  The default when run by a super-user is to switch to  your  OS’s  "nobody"
              (or perhaps "nogroup") group with no other supplementary groups.  The default for a
              non-super-user is to not change any group attributes (and indeed, your OS  may  not
              allow a non-super-user to try to change their group settings).

       fake super
              Setting  "fake super = yes" for a module causes the daemon side to behave as if the
              --fake-super  command-line  option  had  been  specified.   This  allows  the  full
              attributes  of  a  file  to  be  stored  without having to have the daemon actually
              running as root.

       filter The daemon has its own filter chain that determines what  files  it  will  let  the
              client  access.   This  chain  is  not sent to the client and is independent of any
              filters the client may have specified.  Files excluded by the daemon  filter  chain
              (daemon-excluded  files)  are  treated  as non-existent if the client tries to pull
              them, are skipped  with  an  error  message  if  the  client  tries  to  push  them
              (triggering  exit  code  23),  and  are never deleted from the module.  You can use
              daemon filters to prevent  clients  from  downloading  or  tampering  with  private
              administrative   files,  such  as  files  you  may  add  to  support  uid/gid  name
              translations.

              The daemon filter chain is built from  the  "filter",  "include  from",  "include",
              "exclude  from",  and  "exclude"  parameters,  in that order of priority.  Anchored
              patterns are anchored at the root of the module.  To prevent access  to  an  entire
              subtree,  for  example,  "/secret", you must exclude everything in the subtree; the
              easiest way to do this is with a triple-star pattern like "/secret/***".

              The "filter" parameter takes a space-separated list of daemon filter rules,  though
              it  is  smart  enough  to  know not to split a token at an internal space in a rule
              (e.g. "- /foo  - /bar" is parsed as two  rules).   You  may  specify  one  or  more
              merge-file rules using the normal syntax.  Only one "filter" parameter can apply to
              a given module in the config file, so put all  the  rules  you  want  in  a  single
              parameter.   Note  that  per-directory  merge-file  rules  do  not  provide as much
              protection as global rules, but they can be  used  to  make  --delete  work  better
              during  a  client download operation if the per-dir merge files are included in the
              transfer and the client requests that they be used.

       exclude
              This parameter takes a space-separated list of daemon exclude  patterns.   As  with
              the  client  --exclude  option,  patterns  can  be  qualified  with "- " or "+ " to
              explicitly indicate exclude/include.  Only one "exclude" parameter can apply  to  a
              given  module.   See the "filter" parameter for a description of how excluded files
              affect the daemon.

       include
              Use an "include" to override the effects of  the  "exclude"  parameter.   Only  one
              "include"  parameter can apply to a given module.  See the "filter" parameter for a
              description of how excluded files affect the daemon.

       exclude from
              This parameter specifies the name of a file on  the  daemon  that  contains  daemon
              exclude  patterns,  one per line.  Only one "exclude from" parameter can apply to a
              given module; if you have multiple exclude-from files, you can specify  them  as  a
              merge file in the "filter" parameter.  See the "filter" parameter for a description
              of how excluded files affect the daemon.

       include from
              Analogue of "exclude from" for  a  file  of  daemon  include  patterns.   Only  one
              "include  from"  parameter can apply to a given module.  See the "filter" parameter
              for a description of how excluded files affect the daemon.

       incoming chmod
              This parameter allows you to specify a set of comma-separated  chmod  strings  that
              will affect the permissions of all incoming files (files that are being received by
              the daemon).  These changes happen after all  other  permission  calculations,  and
              this  will  even  override destination-default and/or existing permissions when the
              client does not specify --perms.  See the description of the --chmod  rsync  option
              and the chmod(1) manpage for information on the format of this string.

       outgoing chmod
              This  parameter  allows  you to specify a set of comma-separated chmod strings that
              will affect the permissions of all outgoing files (files that are  being  sent  out
              from  the  daemon).  These changes happen first, making the sent permissions appear
              to be different than those stored in the  filesystem  itself.   For  instance,  you
              could disable group write permissions on the server while having it appear to be on
              to the clients.  See the description of the --chmod rsync option and  the  chmod(1)
              manpage for information on the format of this string.

       auth users
              This  parameter  specifies  a  comma  and/or  space-separated list of authorization
              rules.  In its simplest form, you list  the  usernames  that  will  be  allowed  to
              connect to this module. The usernames do not need to exist on the local system. The
              rules may contain shell wildcard  characters  that  will  be  matched  against  the
              username provided by the client for authentication. If "auth users" is set then the
              client will be challenged to supply a username  and  password  to  connect  to  the
              module. A challenge response authentication protocol is used for this exchange. The
              plain text usernames and passwords are stored in the file specified by the "secrets
              file"  parameter.  The  default  is  for  all users to be able to connect without a
              password (this is called "anonymous rsync").

              In addition to username matching, you can specify  groupname  matching  via  a  ’@’
              prefix.   When using groupname matching, the authenticating username must be a real
              user on the system, or it will be assumed  to  be  a  member  of  no  groups.   For
              example,  specifying  "@rsync" will match the authenticating user if the named user
              is a member of the rsync group.

              Finally, options may be specified after a colon (:).   The  options  allow  you  to
              "deny"  a user or a group, set the access to "ro" (read-only), or set the access to
              "rw" (read/write).  Setting  an  auth-rule-specific  ro/rw  setting  overrides  the
              module’s "read only" setting.

              Be  sure  to  put  the  rules in the order you want them to be matched, because the
              checking stops at the first matching user or group, and that is the only auth  that
              is checked.  For example:

                auth users = joe:deny @guest:deny admin:rw @rsync:ro susan joe sam

              In the above rule, user joe will be denied access no matter what.  Any user that is
              in the group "guest" is also denied  access.   The  user  "admin"  gets  access  in
              read/write  mode,  but  only if the admin user is not in group "guest" (because the
              admin user-matching rule would never be reached if the user is in  group  "guest").
              Any  other  user who is in group "rsync" will get read-only access.  Finally, users
              susan, joe, and sam get the ro/rw setting of the  module,  but  only  if  the  user
              didn’t match an earlier group-matching rule.

              See  the description of the secrets file for how you can have per-user passwords as
              well as per-group passwords.  It also explains how a user  can  authenticate  using
              their  user  password or (when applicable) a group password, depending on what rule
              is being authenticated.

              See also the section entitled "USING  RSYNC-DAEMON  FEATURES  VIA  A  REMOTE  SHELL
              CONNECTION" in rsync(1) for information on how handle an rsyncd.conf-level username
              that differs from the remote-shell-level username when  using  a  remote  shell  to
              connect to an rsync daemon.

       secrets file
              This  parameter  specifies  the  name of a file that contains the username:password
              and/or @groupname:password pairs used for authenticating this module. This file  is
              only  consulted if the "auth users" parameter is specified.  The file is line-based
              and contains one name:password pair per line.  Any line has a hash (#) as the  very
              first  character on the line is considered a comment and is skipped.  The passwords
              can contain any characters but be warned that  many  operating  systems  limit  the
              length  of  passwords  that  can  be  typed at the client end, so you may find that
              passwords longer than 8 characters don’t work.

              The use of group-specific  lines  are  only  relevant  when  the  module  is  being
              authorized  using a matching "@groupname" rule.  When that happens, the user can be
              authorized via either their "username:password" line or  the  "@groupname:password"
              line for the group that triggered the authentication.

              It  is  up  to you what kind of password entries you want to include, either users,
              groups, or both.  The use of group rules in "auth users" does not require that  you
              specify a group password if you do not want to use shared passwords.

              There  is no default for the "secrets file" parameter, you must choose a name (such
              as /etc/rsyncd.secrets).  The file must normally not be readable  by  "other";  see
              "strict  modes".   If  the  file is not found or is rejected, no logins for a "user
              auth" module will be possible.

       strict modes
              This parameter determines whether or not the permissions on the secrets  file  will
              be  checked.  If "strict modes" is true, then the secrets file must not be readable
              by any user ID other than the one that the  rsync  daemon  is  running  under.   If
              "strict  modes"  is  false, the check is not performed.  The default is true.  This
              parameter was added to accommodate rsync running on the Windows operating system.

       hosts allow
              This parameter allows you to specify a list of patterns that are matched against  a
              connecting  clients hostname and IP address. If none of the patterns match then the
              connection is rejected.

              Each pattern can be in one of five forms:

              o      a dotted decimal IPv4 address of the form a.b.c.d, or an IPv6 address of the
                     form a:b:c::d:e:f. In this case the incoming machine’s IP address must match
                     exactly.

              o      an address/mask in the form ipaddr/n where ipaddr is the IP address and n is
                     the  number  of  one  bits in the netmask.  All IP addresses which match the
                     masked IP address will be allowed in.

              o      an address/mask in the form ipaddr/maskaddr where ipaddr is the  IP  address
                     and  maskaddr is the netmask in dotted decimal notation for IPv4, or similar
                     for IPv6, e.g. ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:: instead of /64. All IP addresses  which
                     match the masked IP address will be allowed in.

              o      a hostname pattern using wildcards. If the hostname of the connecting IP (as
                     determined by a reverse lookup) matches the wildcarded name (using the  same
                     rules  as  normal  unix  filename matching), the client is allowed in.  This
                     only works if "reverse lookup" is enabled (the default).

              o      a hostname. A plain hostname is matched  against  the  reverse  DNS  of  the
                     connecting  IP  (if "reverse lookup" is enabled), and/or the IP of the given
                     hostname is matched against  the  connecting  IP  (if  "forward  lookup"  is
                     enabled, as it is by default).  Any match will be allowed in.

              Note IPv6 link-local addresses can have a scope in the address specification:

                  fe80::1%link1
                  fe80::%link1/64
                  fe80::%link1/ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::

              You  can also combine "hosts allow" with a separate "hosts deny" parameter. If both
              parameters are specified then the "hosts allow" parameter is checked  first  and  a
              match  results  in  the client being able to connect. The "hosts deny" parameter is
              then checked and a match means that the host is rejected.  If  the  host  does  not
              match  either  the "hosts allow" or the "hosts deny" patterns then it is allowed to
              connect.

              The default is no "hosts allow" parameter, which means all hosts can connect.

       hosts deny
              This parameter allows you to specify a list of patterns that are matched against  a
              connecting  clients  hostname  and  IP  address.  If  the  pattern matches then the
              connection is rejected. See the "hosts allow" parameter for more information.

              The default is no "hosts deny" parameter, which means all hosts can connect.

       reverse lookup
              Controls whether the daemon performs a reverse lookup on the client’s IP address to
              determine its hostname, which is used for "hosts allow"/"hosts deny" checks and the
              "%h" log escape.  This is enabled by default, but you may wish  to  disable  it  to
              save time if you know the lookup will not return a useful result, in which case the
              daemon will use the name "UNDETERMINED" instead.

              If this parameter is enabled globally (even by default), rsync performs the  lookup
              as  soon  as  a  client  connects,  so disabling it for a module will not avoid the
              lookup.  Thus, you probably want to disable it globally  and  then  enable  it  for
              modules that need the information.

       forward lookup
              Controls  whether the daemon performs a forward lookup on any hostname specified in
              an hosts allow/deny setting.  By default this is enabled, allowing the  use  of  an
              explicit hostname that would not be returned by reverse DNS of the connecting IP.

       ignore errors
              This  parameter  tells  rsyncd  to  ignore  I/O  errors on the daemon when deciding
              whether to run the delete phase of the transfer. Normally rsync skips the  --delete
              step if any I/O errors have occurred in order to prevent disastrous deletion due to
              a temporary resource shortage or other I/O  error.  In  some  cases  this  test  is
              counter productive so you can use this parameter to turn off this behavior.

       ignore nonreadable
              This tells the rsync daemon to completely ignore files that are not readable by the
              user. This is useful for public archives that  may  have  some  non-readable  files
              among the directories, and the sysadmin doesn’t want those files to be seen at all.

       transfer logging
              This  parameter  enables  per-file  logging  of  downloads  and uploads in a format
              somewhat similar to that used by ftp daemons.  The daemon always logs the  transfer
              at the end, so if a transfer is aborted, no mention will be made in the log file.

              If you want to customize the log lines, see the "log format" parameter.

       log format
              This  parameter  allows  you  to specify the format used for logging file transfers
              when transfer logging is enabled.  The format is a text string containing  embedded
              single-character  escape  sequences  prefixed  with  a  percent  (%) character.  An
              optional numeric field width may also be specified  between  the  percent  and  the
              escape letter (e.g. "%-50n %8l %07p").  In addition, one or more apostrophes may be
              specified prior to a numerical escape to indicate that the numerical  value  should
              be  made  more  human-readable.   The  3  supported  levels are the same as for the
              --human-readable command-line option, though the default is  for  human-readability
              to be off.  Each added apostrophe increases the level (e.g. "%''l %'b %f").

              The  default  log  format is "%o %h [%a] %m (%u) %f %l", and a "%t [%p] " is always
              prefixed when using the "log file" parameter.  (A perl script that  will  summarize
              this  default  log  format is included in the rsync source code distribution in the
              "support" subdirectory: rsyncstats.)

              The single-character escapes that are understood are as follows:

              o      %a the remote IP address (only available for a daemon)

              o      %b the number of bytes actually transferred

              o      %B the permission bits of the file (e.g. rwxrwxrwt)

              o      %c the total size of the block checksums received for the basis  file  (only
                     when sending)

              o      %C  the  full-file  MD5  checksum  if  --checksum  is  enabled or a file was
                     transferred (only for protocol 30 or above).

              o      %f the filename (long form on sender; no trailing "/")

              o      %G the gid of the file (decimal) or "DEFAULT"

              o      %h the remote host name (only available for a daemon)

              o      %i an itemized list of what is being updated

              o      %l the length of the file in bytes

              o      %L the string " -> SYMLINK",  "  =>  HARDLINK",  or  ""  (where  SYMLINK  or
                     HARDLINK is a filename)

              o      %m the module name

              o      %M the last-modified time of the file

              o      %n the filename (short form; trailing "/" on dir)

              o      %o  the  operation,  which is "send", "recv", or "del." (the latter includes
                     the trailing period)

              o      %p the process ID of this rsync session

              o      %P the module path

              o      %t the current date time

              o      %u the authenticated username or an empty string

              o      %U the uid of the file (decimal)

              For a list  of  what  the  characters  mean  that  are  output  by  "%i",  see  the
              --itemize-changes option in the rsync manpage.

              Note that some of the logged output changes when talking with older rsync versions.
              For instance, deleted files were only output as verbose  messages  prior  to  rsync
              2.6.4.

       timeout
              This  parameter  allows you to override the clients choice for I/O timeout for this
              module. Using this parameter you can ensure that rsync won’t wait on a dead  client
              forever.  The timeout is specified in seconds. A value of zero means no timeout and
              is the default. A good choice for anonymous rsync daemons may be 600 (giving  a  10
              minute timeout).

       refuse options
              This  parameter  allows you to specify a space-separated list of rsync command line
              options that will be refused by your rsync daemon.  You may specify the full option
              name,  its  one-letter  abbreviation,  or  a wild-card string that matches multiple
              options.  For example, this would refuse --checksum (-c) and all the various delete
              options:

                  refuse options = c delete

              The reason the above refuses all delete options is that the options imply --delete,
              and implied options are refused just  like  explicit  options.   As  an  additional
              safety  feature,  the refusal of "delete" also refuses remove-source-files when the
              daemon is the sender; if you want the latter without  the  former,  instead  refuse
              "delete-*"   --   that   refuses   all   the   delete   modes   without   affecting
              --remove-source-files.

              When an option is refused, the daemon  prints  an  error  message  and  exits.   To
              prevent  all  compression  when serving files, you can use "dont compress = *" (see
              below) instead of "refuse options = compress" to avoid  returning  an  error  to  a
              client that requests compression.

       dont compress
              This  parameter  allows  you  to  select  filenames based on wildcard patterns that
              should not be compressed when pulling files from the daemon (no analogous parameter
              exists  to  govern  the pushing of files to a daemon).  Compression is expensive in
              terms of CPU usage, so it is usually good to not try to compress files  that  won’t
              compress well, such as already compressed files.

              The  "dont  compress"  parameter  takes  a space-separated list of case-insensitive
              wildcard patterns. Any source filename matching one of the  patterns  will  not  be
              compressed during transfer.

              See  the  --skip-compress  parameter  in  the rsync(1) manpage for the list of file
              suffixes that are not compressed by default.  Specifying  a  value  for  the  "dont
              compress" parameter changes the default when the daemon is the sender.

       pre-xfer exec, post-xfer exec
              You  may  specify  a  command  to  be run before and/or after the transfer.  If the
              pre-xfer exec command fails, the transfer is aborted before it begins.  Any  output
              from  the  script  on  stdout (up to several KB) will be displayed to the user when
              aborting, but is NOT displayed if the script returns success.  Any output from  the
              script  on stderr goes to the daemon’s stderr, which is typically discarded (though
              see --no-detatch option for a way to see the stderr output, which can  assist  with
              debugging).

              The  following  environment  variables will be set, though some are specific to the
              pre-xfer or the post-xfer environment:

              o      RSYNC_MODULE_NAME: The name of the module being accessed.

              o      RSYNC_MODULE_PATH: The path configured for the module.

              o      RSYNC_HOST_ADDR: The accessing host’s IP address.

              o      RSYNC_HOST_NAME: The accessing host’s name.

              o      RSYNC_USER_NAME: The accessing user’s name (empty if no user).

              o      RSYNC_PID: A unique number for this transfer.

              o      RSYNC_REQUEST: (pre-xfer only) The module/path info specified by  the  user.
                     Note  that the user can specify multiple source files, so the request can be
                     something like "mod/path1 mod/path2", etc.

              o      RSYNC_ARG#: (pre-xfer only) The  pre-request  arguments  are  set  in  these
                     numbered values. RSYNC_ARG0 is always "rsyncd", followed by the options that
                     were used in RSYNC_ARG1, and so on.  There will be a value of "." indicating
                     that  the  options are done and the path args are beginning -- these contain
                     similar information to RSYNC_REQUEST, but  with  values  separated  and  the
                     module name stripped off.

              o      RSYNC_EXIT_STATUS: (post-xfer only) the server side’s exit value.  This will
                     be 0 for a successful run, a positive value for an  error  that  the  server
                     generated,  or  a  -1  if rsync failed to exit properly.  Note that an error
                     that occurs on the client side does not currently get  sent  to  the  server
                     side, so this is not the final exit status for the whole transfer.

              o      RSYNC_RAW_STATUS: (post-xfer only) the raw exit value from waitpid() .

              Even  though  the commands can be associated with a particular module, they are run
              using the permissions of the user that started the daemon (not the module’s uid/gid
              setting) without any chroot restrictions.

CONFIG DIRECTIVES

       There  are  currently  two  config  directives  available  that  allow  a  config  file to
       incorporate the contents of other files:  &include and &merge.  Both allow a reference  to
       either  a  file  or  a  directory.   They differ in how segregated the file’s contents are
       considered to be.

       The &include directive treats each file as more distinct, with  each  one  inheriting  the
       defaults  of  the  parent  file,  starting  the parameter parsing as globals/defaults, and
       leaving the defaults unchanged for the parsing of the rest of the parent file.

       The &merge directive, on the other hand, treats the file’s contents as if it  were  simply
       inserted  in place of the directive, and thus it can set parameters in a module started in
       another file, can affect the defaults for other files, etc.

       When an &include or &merge directive refers to a directory, it will read in all the *.conf
       or  *.inc  files  (respectively)  that  are  contained  inside that directory (without any
       recursive scanning), with the files sorted into alpha order.  So, if you have a  directory
       named  "rsyncd.d"  with  the  files "foo.conf", "bar.conf", and "baz.conf" inside it, this
       directive:

           &include /path/rsyncd.d

       would be the same as this set of directives:

           &include /path/rsyncd.d/bar.conf
           &include /path/rsyncd.d/baz.conf
           &include /path/rsyncd.d/foo.conf

       except that it adjusts as files are added and removed from the directory.

       The advantage of the &include directive is that you can define one or more  modules  in  a
       separate  file  without  worrying about unintended side-effects between the self-contained
       module files.

       The advantage of the &merge directive is that you can load config  snippets  that  can  be
       included  into  multiple  module definitions, and you can also set global values that will
       affect connections (such as motd file), or globals that will affect other include files.

       For example, this is a useful /etc/rsyncd.conf file:

           port = 873
           log file = /var/log/rsync.log
           pid file = /var/lock/rsync.lock

           &merge /etc/rsyncd.d
           &include /etc/rsyncd.d

       This would merge any /etc/rsyncd.d/*.inc files (for global  values  that  should  stay  in
       effect),  and  then  include  any /etc/rsyncd.d/*.conf files (defining modules without any
       global-value cross-talk).

AUTHENTICATION STRENGTH

       The authentication protocol used in rsync is  a  128  bit  MD4  based  challenge  response
       system. This is fairly weak protection, though (with at least one brute-force hash-finding
       algorithm publicly available),  so  if  you  want  really  top-quality  security,  then  I
       recommend  that  you run rsync over ssh.  (Yes, a future version of rsync will switch over
       to a stronger hashing method.)

       Also note that the rsync daemon protocol does not currently provide any encryption of  the
       data  that is transferred over the connection. Only authentication is provided. Use ssh as
       the transport if you want encryption.

       Future versions of rsync may support SSL for better  authentication  and  encryption,  but
       that is still being investigated.

EXAMPLES

       A simple rsyncd.conf file that allow anonymous rsync to a ftp area at /home/ftp would be:

       [ftp]
               path = /home/ftp
               comment = ftp export area

       A more sophisticated example would be:

       uid = nobody
       gid = nobody
       use chroot = yes
       max connections = 4
       syslog facility = local5
       pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid

       [ftp]
               path = /var/ftp/./pub
               comment = whole ftp area (approx 6.1 GB)

       [sambaftp]
               path = /var/ftp/./pub/samba
               comment = Samba ftp area (approx 300 MB)

       [rsyncftp]
               path = /var/ftp/./pub/rsync
               comment = rsync ftp area (approx 6 MB)

       [sambawww]
               path = /public_html/samba
               comment = Samba WWW pages (approx 240 MB)

       [cvs]
               path = /data/cvs
               comment = CVS repository (requires authentication)
               auth users = tridge, susan
               secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets

       The /etc/rsyncd.secrets file would look something like this:

              tridge:mypass
              susan:herpass

FILES

       /etc/rsyncd.conf or rsyncd.conf

SEE ALSO

       rsync(1)

DIAGNOSTICS

BUGS

       Please report bugs! The rsync bug tracking system is online at http://rsync.samba.org/

VERSION

       This man page is current for version 3.1.1 of rsync.

CREDITS

       rsync  is  distributed  under  the  GNU  General Public License.  See the file COPYING for
       details.

       The primary ftp site for rsync is ftp://rsync.samba.org/pub/rsync.

       A WEB site is available at http://rsync.samba.org/

       We would be delighted to hear from you if you like this program.

       This program uses the zlib compression library written by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler.

THANKS

       Thanks to Warren Stanley for his original idea and patch for the rsync daemon.  Thanks  to
       Karsten Thygesen for his many suggestions and documentation!

AUTHOR

       rsync  was  written  by  Andrew  Tridgell  and  Paul  Mackerras.   Many  people have later
       contributed to it.

       Mailing lists for support and development are available at http://lists.samba.org

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