Suggestions for basic rsync configuration

Fri Mar 14 13:35:55 GMT 2008

Thanks for your response, I think that I am on my way of getting stuff
configured here. I still have a couple of questions though. I am also using
linux with rsync!!! There are a couple of errors that I am getting, and I
don't exactly understand why...

I have set up the rysnc daemon successfully on the remote server (I think),
which prompts for the password when I connect. I get the following error
when I run rsync daemon: 

# rsync daemon
rsync: link_stat "/directory-path/daemon" failed: No such file or directory
(2)
rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(977)
[sender=2.6.9]

Is there anything that I still have to configure for the rsync daemon? I
also get the following error when I run the following command:

# rsync --progress -zav -e ssh /random/file-or-directory
<remote-server-ip-address>:/random/file-or-directory
Password: 
building file list ... 
1 file to consider
ERROR: cannot overwrite non-directory with a directory
rsync error: errors selecting input/output files, dirs (code 3) at
main.c(488) [receiver=2.6.8]
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (8 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(453)
[sender=2.6.9]

Is this an error from a lack of rights to the files and folders that I want
to copy? I might have misconfigured my config, I can post it if you want.

Stuart Halliday wrote:
> 
> Whilst it is possible to write a script to mount FTP and copy the files
> across. This isn't what is usually done with Rsync.
> 
> Rsync can be a replacement for FTP client.
> 
> So it collects a list of altered files between two directories and puts
> these files into a remote directory. No FTP required.
> 
> All you need to do is open up a port on your server to the Internet,
> install Rsync as a server(daemon) on one end and then run Rsync on the
> source whenever you need to do the backup.
> 
> The cute thing is that Rsync don't care what platform the source or server
> is or whether or not it's across a LAN or WAN.
> 
> 
> Here is a batch line I typically use on Windows for backing up a directory
> across the Internet.
> 
> rsync -zav --delete --recursive '/cygdrive/c/sourcedirectory/'
> username at mydomain.dom::backupdirectory/
> 
> Easy. 
> This syncs the source to the backup directory. ie Rsync assumes the source
> is the 'master'.
> 
> Once you've got Rsync working, you can then add a SSH layer so the traffic
> is encrypted.
> 
> I'd advise getting the basic daemon working first, then on the client PC,
> issue a Rsync command to list the contents of the remote folder.
> Once you've got that listing working you know things like firewalls, port
> forwarding of routers is working. :-)
> 
> 
> Rsync by default using port 873. But it's easy to change this. Just ensure
> you do it with the daemon and client. ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> To list the public remote directories.
> 
> Rsync domain.dom::
> 
> Listing the contents of a directory set up in the daemon confg file is
> done by:
> 
> Rsync domain.dom::backup
> 
> Once you've got the basics, you can then add username and password
> protection in the confg file.
> 
> Performing a list of a directory with a username is done like this:
> 
> Rsync username at domain.dom::backup
> 
> if a password is required, you're prompted for it.
> If you want the password auto-inserted, then you set a environmental
> variable
> In Windows this is added to the batch file of the client rsync.
> 
> SET RSYNC_PASSWORD=mypassword
> 
> 
> 
> A basic daemon conf.cfg file is something like this:
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> log file = rsyncd.log
> pid file = rsyncd.pid
> use chroot=false
> uid=administrator
> gid=administrators
> charset = utf-8
> 
> strict modes = false
> secrets file =/cygdrive/c/cwrsync/passwordfile
> 
> [backup]
> comment=rsync directory
> path = /cygdrive/c/mybackup/
> read only = false
> transfer logging = yes
> list=yes
> #auth users=username
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> password file is a list of users and passwords "username:password" on a
> single line.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Stuart Halliday
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geofoxer <pete.heiss at gmail.com>
> To: rsync at lists.samba.org
> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:39:40 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Suggestions for basic rsync configuration
> 
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I am very new to rsync and am wanting to have it back up more than 4
>> remote
>> linux servers via ftp. I want to write a script that will open up a ftp
>> connection using "ftp://username:password@ftp.server.com" with a
>> server,
>> then mount the drive containing the backups, copy the data that is new,
>> unmount the drive, close the connection and move onto the next server
>> until
>> every server is successfully backed up to a external drive on my linux
>> machine which is on my local network. I know that I have to use ssh
>> with the
>> connection to the servers for backup, but where to start is where I am
>> at
>> right now. Here are a couple of noobish questions:
>> 
>> 1. Do I have to write my own file from scratch and hope it works?
>> 2. How should I start to write my file in order to have it correlate
>> with
>> backing up multiple servers (syntax, switches, and so on)?
>> 
>> If anyone has any advise on how I should start writing my config file,
>> please let me know if you have any suggestions. 
>> 
>> Thanx,
>> 
>> gxr
>> 
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