rsync asking for user authentication even with no "auth users"

[Benjamin Jackson]

*Smacks head*

Should have remembered that myself... thanks for that, Wayne.

On Sep 12, 2005, at 10:05 PM, Wayne Davison wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 09:21:46PM -0300, Benjamin Jackson wrote:
>> rsync mydomain:myrepository/
>> from the server, rsync asks for authentication for my remote username.
>
> Using a single-colon connects via a remote shell, so your remote-shell
> is asking for a username, not rsync.  See the manpage for the 
> difference
> between remote-shell usage (:) and daemon usage (:: or rsync://).
>
> ..wayne..
>
>
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