@error: auth failed on module test

Mike Busse mbusse at bussefamily.com
Wed Jul 31 19:39:19 EST 2002


Got it to work by adding the 'strict modes = false' into the rsyncd.conf
file.  Works great now.
Dave Dykstra said:
> Check the log file.  Diagnostic information is deliberately not
> reported to the client.   By default messages go to syslog() on the
> server, but you can have it log to your own file instead with "log
> file".  The most common problem is that it requires the secret file to
> not be other or group readable.
>
> - Dave Dykstra
>
> On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 03:04:34PM -0500, Mike Busse wrote:
>> I must be missing something, but not sure what.  I've configured the
>> rsyncd.conf and rsyncd.secrets files per the examples I've seen and my
>> authentication fails everytime.  Any ideas on where I should start
>> looking?
>> @ERROR: auth failed on module test
>> rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (88 bytes read so far)
>> rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at
>> io.c(151)
>>
>> - - - - -
>>
>> rsyncd.conf
>>
>> [test]
>> path = /test
>> comment = test directory
>> auth users = simpson
>> secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets
>>
>> - - - - -
>>
>> rsyncd.secrets
>>
>> simpson:dog
>>
>> - - - - -
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
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