rsync 2.5.5 - Utilizing "exclude from" in rsync.conf

[Dave Dykstra]

What's in rsyncd.excludes, and what's the command line.  A common problem
is that people don't know exactly which path components to include in
the exclude list.  Using -vv often helps with debugging excludes.

- Dave Dykstra


On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 11:26:38AM -0400, Paul Slinski wrote:
> I am attempting to utilize the exclude from option in my rsync configuration 
> file (rather than maintain lists on users machines) but it does not appear to 
> be working.
> 
> One example, I placed *.mp3 in the file to keep them from syncing mp3 files to 
> the server and jamming up space. But rsync just seems to ignore this and 
> syncs the files anyway without any errors to the syslog.
> 
> All of my configurations are in /etc
> 
> Here is rsyncd.conf
> pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid
> max connections = 2
> use chroot = yes
> motd file = /etc/rsyncd.motd
> log file = /arch1/sync/rsync.log
> 
> [test]
>         path = /arch1/sync/paul
>         list = false
>         read only = false
>         uid = 900
>         gid = 900
>         exclude from = /etc/rsyncd.excludes
>         auth users = paul
>         secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets
>         hosts allow = 192.168.10.10
> 
> ---------------------
> And file permissions
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root          355 Apr 26 11:21 /etc/rsyncd.conf
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root          344 Apr 26 10:20 /etc/rsyncd.excludes
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root          242 Apr 26 10:36 /etc/rsyncd.motd
> -rw-------    1 root     root           14 Apr 26 10:34 /etc/rsyncd.secrets
> 
> I've looked around the web and archives for an answer, so now I turn to you.
> Any suggestions are welcome.
> 
> -- 
> Paul Slinski
> System Administrator
> Global IQX
> http://www.globaliqx.com/
> pauls at globaliqx.com