Logging on the rsync server from a client connect

jw schultz jw at pegasys.ws
Wed Mar 26 09:32:55 EST 2003


On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 05:16:29PM -0500, Susan Ator wrote:
> Please forgive me for the really dumb question following. I am a complete
> newbie to rsync.
> 
> I have been trying to set up an rsync server and am unable to get any
> logging.
> I need to know if the following is possible.
> 
> I'm rsyncing from the client and connecting with ssh to an rsync server. 
> I can connect just fine and the files go with no problem.
> 
> I'm going from a
> 	RedHat 7.3 with rsync version 2.4.6  protocol version 24
> to a
> 	RedHat 7.3 rsync  version 2.5.4  protocol version 26
> 
> This is the command I am running from the client server (padlock is the
> rsync server):
> 
> rsync -vvaz -e ssh /usr/local/cvsroot/ padlock:"/usr/local/cvsroot"
> 
> Should I get rsync logs on padlock?
> 
> A 'yes' or 'no' will do. If it's 'yes' then it's something dumb on my end
> and I will do some more digging.
> 
> Oh, yes, I have RTFM and STFW. I think my head is going to explode.
> 

Short answer: yes

Unless you specified a log file it will try to use syslog.
Check your syslog.conf to see what daemon.* will do.


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