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[Kevin Korb]

I would highly recommend that you use rsync over ssh for anything that
isn't read-only much less anything with root access.

Anyway, is there anything in the main section of the config that would
interfere?  Are there any ACLs or selinux on /data or / ?

On 10/19/2018 08:45 AM, Bruce Adams via rsync wrote:
> I am trying to use rsync to back up data on a central server.  On the
> server I created a module for the target directory; here is the entry
> for it in rsyncd.conf:
> 
>  
> 
> [data]
> 
>   path = /data
> 
>   read only = false
> 
>   uid = root
> 
>   gid = root
> 
>   #auth users = nmrsu:rw, root:rw
> 
>   #secrets file = /etc/.rsync.stuff
> 
>   log file = /var/log/rsync.log
> 
>  
> 
> On the server rsyncd is running with root permissions, and the
> permissions on /data are 777.  Yet when I try to save data to that
> directory, even running rsync as root on the remote system, I get a
> permission denied error.  If I push data from the remote host to /tmp on
> the server there is no problem.  There is likewise no problem in pulling
> data from the remote host to /data on the server. Only trying to push
> from the remote host to the data module on the server fails.
> 
>  
> 
> Any suggestions?
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> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bruce
> 
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>  
> 
> Bruce Adams
> 
> adamsb at mit.edu
> 
> MIT Dep't. of Chemistry Instrument Facility
> 
> 617-253-1812
> 
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> 

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