rsync filter parameter in rsyncd.conf file

[Romel Khan]

How can I confine the client to the /n2p/cfg directory through rsyncd.conf?

On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 10:29 PM, Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net> wrote:

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> The server has no idea what file the client is sending it (even if it
> did the client would be free to lie).  The server only knows what file
> the client is asking to change/create/delete on the server.
>
> You can certainly confine the client to the /n2p/cfg directory through
> rsyncd.conf or rrsync but you can't really control what the client
> intends to put there.
>
> filter/include/exclude in rsyncd.conf only controls what files on the
> server a client can access.
>
> On 10/08/2014 10:15 PM, Romel Khan wrote:
> > I would like to push a file, /home/cfg/temp, from client to a
> > server with rsync in daemon mode to /n2p/cfg directory. How should
> > I set the filter/include/exclude parameters on the server side
> > rsyncd.conf file so server will disallow receiving any files from
> > the client other than /home/cfg/temp?
> >
> >
> >
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