1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY rsync-download-http "http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync-&rsync-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY rsync-download-ftp "ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/utils/admin-tools/rsync/rsync-&rsync-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY rsyncd-size "504 KB">
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10 | <!ENTITY rsync-buildsize "6.5 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY rsyncd-time "0.20 SBU">
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12 |
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="rsync" xreflabel="rsync-&rsync-version;">
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16 | <sect1info>
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17 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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18 | <date>$Date$</date>
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19 | </sect1info>
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20 | <?dbhtml filename="rsync.html"?>
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21 | <title>rsync-&rsync-version;</title>
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22 |
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23 | <sect2>
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24 | <title>Introduction to <application>rsync</application></title>
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25 |
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26 | <para>The <application>rsync</application> package contains the
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27 | <command>rsync</command> utility. This is useful for synchronizing large file
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28 | archives over a network.</para>
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29 |
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30 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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31 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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32 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&rsync-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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33 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&rsync-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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34 | <listitem><para>Download size: &rsyncd-size;</para></listitem>
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35 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &rsync-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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36 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &rsyncd-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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37 | </sect3>
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38 |
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39 | <sect3><title><application>rsync</application> dependencies</title>
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40 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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41 | <para>
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42 | <xref linkend="popt"/>
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43 | </para></sect4>
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44 | </sect3>
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45 |
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46 | </sect2>
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47 |
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48 | <sect2>
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49 | <title>Installation of <application>rsync</application></title>
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50 |
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51 | <para>For security reasons, running the <application>rsync</application> server as
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52 | an unprivileged user and group is encouraged. Create the rsyncd user
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53 | and group with the following commands:</para>
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54 |
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55 | <screen><userinput><command>groupadd rsyncd &&
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56 | useradd -c rsyncd -d /home/rsync -g rsyncd -s /bin/false rsyncd</command>
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57 | </userinput></screen>
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58 |
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59 | <para>Install <application>rsync</application> by running the following
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60 | commands:</para>
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61 |
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62 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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63 | make &&
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64 | make install </command></userinput></screen>
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65 |
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66 | </sect2>
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67 |
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68 | <sect2>
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69 | <title>Configuring <application>rsync</application></title>
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70 |
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71 | <sect3><title>Config files</title>
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72 | <para><filename>/etc/rsyncd.conf</filename></para>
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73 | </sect3>
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74 |
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75 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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76 |
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77 | <para>This is a simple download-only configuration. See the rsyncd man-page for
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78 | additional options (i.e., user authentication).</para>
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79 |
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80 | <screen><userinput><command>cat > /etc/rsyncd.conf << "EOF"</command>
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81 | # This is a basic rsync configuration file
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82 | # It exports a single module without user authentication.
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83 |
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84 | motd file = /home/rsync/welcome.msg
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85 | use chroot = yes
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86 |
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87 | [localhost]
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88 | path = /home/rsync
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89 | comment = Default rsync module
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90 | read only = yes
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91 | list = yes
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92 | uid = rsyncd
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93 | gid = rsyncd
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94 |
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95 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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96 | </sect3>
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97 |
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98 | <sect3><title>rsyncd init.d script</title>
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99 |
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100 | <para>Note that you only want to start the <application>rsync</application>
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101 | server if you want to provide a <application>rsync</application> archive on
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102 | your machine. The <application>rsync</application> client doesn't need this
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103 | script to be used.</para>
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104 |
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105 | <para>Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/rsyncd</filename>
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106 | init script included in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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107 |
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108 | <screen><userinput><command>make install-rsyncd</command></userinput></screen>
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109 |
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110 | </sect3>
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111 |
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112 | </sect2>
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113 |
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114 | <sect2>
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115 | <title>Contents</title>
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116 |
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117 | <para>The <application>rsync</application> package contains <command>rsync</command>.</para>
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118 |
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119 | </sect2>
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120 |
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121 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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122 |
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123 | <sect3><title>rsync</title>
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124 | <para><application>rsync</application> is a replacement for <command>rcp
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125 | </command> (and <command>scp</command>) that has many more features. It
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126 | uses the "rsync algorithm" which provides a very fast method of syncing remote
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127 | files. It does this by sending just the differences in the files across the
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128 | link, without requiring that both sets of files are present at one end
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129 | of the link beforehand.</para></sect3>
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130 |
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131 | </sect2>
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132 |
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133 | </sect1>
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134 |
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