rsync logfile - daemon does not log enough

[jw schultz]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 05:06:50PM -0400, Aaron Stanford wrote:
> I am running rsync version 2.56 in daemon mode on a server running Redhat 8.0.  
> When I check my log file (located in /var/log/rsyncd.log), the only lines I see 
> have to do with the server starting up, like so:
> 
> 2003/09/11 16:53:42 [15025] rsyncd version 2.5.6 starting, listening on port 873
> 
> I would like to see output relating to connections, usernames etc., so I set up 
> the following rsyncd.conf file in /etc:
> 
> ________________________________________
> transfer logging = yes
> log format = %u %f %b
> log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log
> pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid
> lock file = /var/run/rsync.lock
> 
> [backup]
>     path = ~backup
>     uid = nobody
>     gid = nobody
>     read only =no
>     list = yes
>     auth users = djohn gstan
>     secrets file = /etc/rsync.sec
> ________________________________________
> 
> I am running rsync over ssh with the following command from a remote server:
> 
> rsync -avvze ssh filename djohn at remoteserver:.
> 
> The file transfers fine, but I get no output in the log on the server.  Can 
> someone point me in the right direction?  I've read the documentation and 
> examples, searched Google and the mailing list, and haven't come across the 
> information I'm looking for.  Thank you for your regard.

You aren't connecting to the rsync daemon as should be
obvious from the verbose*2 output of your rsync command.

Look again at the rsync in the "GENERAL" section where the
"eight different ways of using rsync" are described.

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