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Date:      Sun, 28 Apr 2002 18:07:03 -0400
From:      ScaryG <freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   rysnc remote backups
Message-ID:  <20020428180703.6e3b5bb5.freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu>

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I'm trying to figure out how I can rsync to backup some remote files..

On the "server" I have created a /usr/local/etc/rsync.conf file with

motd file = /usr/local/etc/rsyncd.motd
log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log
pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid
lock file = /var/run/rsync.lock

[web]
   path = /files/web
   comment = web backups
   uid = gerald
   gid = operator
   read only = no
   list = yes
   max connections = 2
   auth users = gerald,freymann
   secrets file = /usr/local/etc/rsyncd.secrets
   hosts allow = 10.0.0.1

(the 10.0.0.1 is for example purposes only, but is the remote IP)

In the /usr/local/etc/rsyncd.secrets files is:

gerald:passwd

and I'm running Rsync in --daemon mode.


Now, on the remote system, when I execute:

cd /web
/usr/local/bin/rsync -avz --rsh=/usr/bin/ssh *.php gerald@myhost.com:web
/usr/local/bin/rsync -avz --rsh=/usr/bin/ssh *.pl gerald@myhost.com:web

it copies the files but into a web directory in the home directory of user
gerald. It's not using the "web" nickname in the rsync.conf file and
putting the files into /files/web where I want them ('cause that's a
larger partition).

Any ideas?

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