rsyncd.conf without --daemon?

[Philip Thompson]

Yes but how does it know to use the rsyncd.conf in that directory?


On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 11:05:47 -0700, Tim Conway <conway at us.ibm.com> wrote:
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> If you use -e ssh with :: or rsync:// syntax, it sshes over and starts and
> uses a private rsyncd in ssh tunnel.  If you use it with single-colon
> syntax, it starts an rsync listener on the other end that obeys commands and
> passes data. 
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>  Tim Conway
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> Subject rsyncd.conf without --daemon? 
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> Hello all,
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>  I'm not a total newbie, but probably close enough.  I have tried to
>  find the answer to this question, but have been unsuccessful.
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>  I'm testing out rsync over ssh using empty passphrases between 2
>  OpenBSD 3.5 boxes using rsync 2.5.7 (yes i know i should upgrade, but
>  can't because of BSD ports issues).
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>  Everything seems to be working, but I'm very confused as to why it is
>  working.  I haven't started rsync in daemon mode on the box I'm
>  retrieving files from and there's nothing in /etc/inetd.conf either. 
>  I've placed an rsyncd.conf file in the directory of the rsync user and
>  it seems to be reading the file.  Is this normal?  The documentation
>  states that "The rsyncd.conf file is the runtime configuration file
>  for rsync wen run as an rsync server."  But as far as I can figure all
>  I've done is installed the rsync client on both boxes.
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>  I guess my question is if rsyncd.conf is for daemon mode why/how is it
>  reading my rsyncd.conf file?  There is no rsync process running on my
>  target server so I'm guessing that it's because I'm using SSH as the
>  transport, but how does it know to use the rsyncd.conf file in that
>  particular directory or at all for that matter?
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>  Happy it's working, but confused as to why.
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>  Thanks in advance!!!
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