unable to open configuration file "rsyncd.conf"

jw schultz jw at pegasys.ws
Tue Dec 2 20:52:35 EST 2003


On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 04:15:13PM -0500, Michael B Allen wrote:
> I'm getting an error trying to pull a file with ssh/rsync:
> 
> $ rsync -e 'ssh -i .ssh/id_rsa' test at server.com::www/index.html index.html
> rsync: unable to open configuration file "rsyncd.conf": No such file or
> directory
> rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at clientserver.c(502)
> rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far)
> rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165)
> 
> The /etc/rsyncd.conf file on server.com is indeed there:
> 
> log file = /var/log/rsyncd
> 
> [www]
>     path = /home/www/public_html
> 
> If I use root it works:
> 
> $ rsync -e ssh root at server.com::www/index.html index.html
> root at server.com's password: ********
> $
> 
> What's the problem?

It sounds like the /etc/rsyncd.conf file isn't readable by
the user "test".

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