RSync on Windows 2003

[tevfik at itefix.no]

Hi,

cwRsync installation asks you a directory to keep your writeable modules
in. Make sure that all writeable modules (read only = false) point to
directories lying under this directory. In that way, you will make sure
that -cwrsync- account has correct permissions and ownership.

In your case, this directory should be C:\ARCHIMED_INSTANCE.

Of course, you can override this behaviour by specifying an other
directory. You must then make sure that account -cwrsync- has full
permissions to this directory.

Don't forget to use CYGWIN=nontsec in your batch files when running rsync.

Rgrds Tev

cwRsync maintainer

Rgrds Tev

cwRsync maintainer

> Hello,
>
> I'm desperately trying to have a RSync server work on a Windows 2003
> Standard Server.
> All the documentation available I have found applies to Windows NT/2000/XP
> I don't know whether 2003 works differently from the previous Windows.
>
> I have installed the cwrsync package.
> The RSyncServer Service is running fine under a user account named
> cwrsync.
> A successful Telnet on the port 873 tells me that the rsync service is
> responding.
>
> Here is my rsyncd.conf File :
> -----------------------------------------
> use chroot = false
> strict modes = false
> hosts allow = *
> log file = rsyncd.log
> pid file = rsyncd.pid
>
> [test]
> path = /cygdrive/c/ARCHIMED_INSTANCE/MASC/Standard/cwrsync/DATA/
> read only = false
> transfer logging = yes
> -----------------------------------------
>
>>From what I have seen in web pages, this file is correctly configured.
>
> Here is my rsync command line for testing the service locally :
> -----------------------------------------
> rsync -vz "/cygdrive/c/ARCHIMED_INSTANCE/MASC/Standard/cwrsync/doc"
> cwrsync at localhost::test
> -----------------------------------------
>
> I keep getting the following error :
>
> -----------------------------------------
> @ERROR: chdir failed
> rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (33 bytes read so far)
> rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(189)
> -----------------------------------------
>
> I guess chdir refers to the directory with the files to be copied (the one
> in the rsync command line)
> but I can't figure why there is an error. I've checked and rechecked the
> path.
> The account cwrsync has full control over the chdir so it should see it.
>
> I really don't understand what's going on.
> Is this problem Windows 2003 related ?
> Does ssh have anything to do with it ?
> Or is it some dumb configuration mistake I've been missing these last 3
> hours ?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Stéphane Rohart
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