"missing secret for user" using cygwin rsync on Windows XP Home

[Stuart Halliday]

This caught me out too. Its not easily seen.

Try adding to rsyncd.conf
strict modes = false

Read rsync server docs.

I quote the relevant bit:
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secrets file
The file must normally not be readable by "other"; see "strict modes". 
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But Windows can't do this. So passwords don't work.


Then you read this....
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strict modes
The "strict modes" option 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 option was added to accommodate rsync running on the Windows operating system. 
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Andrew Moore" <andymoore at cheerful.com>
To: rsync at lists.samba.org
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:11:02 -0500
Subject: "missing secret for user" using cygwin rsync on Windows XP Home

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to set up rsync to allow me to backup a number of Windows
> machine to a Windows XP Home server using Nasbackup.
> 
> I can get rsync working fine but have been struggling for days to get
> user authentication working.
> 
> /var/log/rsyncd.log
> 
> 2005/09/27 13:46:37 [1352] rsyncd version 2.6.6 starting, listening on
> port 873
> 2005/09/27 13:47:50 [4088] auth failed on module modulename from
> localhost (127.0.0.1): missing secret for user "me"
> 
> /etc/rsyncd.conf
> 
> use chroot = false
> strict modes = false
> log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log
> 
> [modulename]
> 
> 	path = /cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/backups
> 	comment = Rsync storage area
> 	read only = false
> 	auth users = me
> 	secrets file = /cygdrive/c/cygwin/etc/rsyncd.secrets
> 
> /etc/rsyncd.secrets
> 
> me:pass
> 
> The server was started with the following command line:
> 
> cygrunsrv.exe -I "Rsync" -p /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin/rsync.exe -a
> "--config=/cygdrive/c/cygwin/etc/rsyncd.conf --daemon -cc -no-detach"
> -f "Rsync daemon service"
> net start rsync
> 
> The Rsync service is starting.
> The Rsync service was started successfully.
> 
> The client was started with the following command line:
> rsync -vvr /cygdrive/c/folder localhost::modulename
> opening tcp connection to localhost port 873
> opening connection using --server -vvr . modulename
> Password:
> @ERROR: auth failed on module modulename
> rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at
> /home/lapo/packaging/tmp/rsync-2.6.6main.c(1171)
> 
> As shown above, authentication is failing because it is not picking up
> the secret for the user.
> 
> I have tried the forums, web searches etc and have tried tons but
> nothing seems to work.
> 
> Any other ideas?
> 
> Thanks very much,
>   Andrew
> 
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