[Samba] Sysvol replication

[Anders Östling]

This guide, https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Rsync_based_SysVol_replication_workaround, demonstrates sysvol replication using a rsync PULL. Is there a reason why a PUSH directly onto the /var/lib/samba/sysvol is a bad idea?

I have spend the better part of an hour setting up the PULL, but the “secrets file” causes endless problems (password mismatch although they are cut-n-paste). When finally got the secrets file right, another issue came up

Feb 15 18:12:42 AD2 rsyncd[1612]: connect from AD1.hoganas-platslagaren.se (10.0.2.50)
Feb 15 18:12:42 AD2 rsyncd[1612]: rsync to SysVol/ from root at AD1.hoganas-platslagaren.se (10.0.2.50)
Feb 15 18:12:42 AD2 rsyncd[1612]: ERROR: module is read only

Needless to say, the Sysvol share on AD2 is declared as “read only = no"

Reverting to an rsync push with ssh certs works fine though… But there maybe a catch that I don’t see.

/Anders

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