1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/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://ftp.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync-&rsync-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY rsync-md5sum "2beb30caafa69a01182e71c528fb0393">
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10 | <!ENTITY rsync-size "583 KB">
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11 | <!ENTITY rsync-buildsize "4.8 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY rsync-time "0.17 SBU">
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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 | <?dbhtml filename="rsync.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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21 | </sect1info>
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22 |
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23 | <title>rsync-&rsync-version;</title>
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24 |
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25 | <indexterm zone="rsync">
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26 | <primary sortas="a-rsync">rsync</primary>
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27 | </indexterm>
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28 |
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29 | <sect2 role="package">
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30 | <title>Introduction to rsync</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para>The <application>rsync</application> package contains the
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33 | <command>rsync</command> utility. This is useful for synchronizing large
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34 | file archives over a network.</para>
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35 |
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36 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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37 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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38 | <listitem>
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39 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&rsync-download-http;"/></para>
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40 | </listitem>
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41 | <listitem>
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42 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&rsync-download-ftp;"/></para>
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43 | </listitem>
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44 | <listitem>
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45 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &rsync-md5sum;</para>
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46 | </listitem>
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47 | <listitem>
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48 | <para>Download size: &rsync-size;</para>
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49 | </listitem>
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50 | <listitem>
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51 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &rsync-buildsize;</para>
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52 | </listitem>
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53 | <listitem>
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54 | <para>Estimated build time: &rsync-time;</para>
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55 | </listitem>
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56 | </itemizedlist>
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57 |
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58 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">rsync Dependencies</bridgehead>
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59 |
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60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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61 | <para><xref linkend="popt"/></para>
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62 |
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63 | </sect2>
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64 |
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65 | <sect2 role="installation">
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66 | <title>Installation of rsync</title>
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67 |
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68 | <para>For security reasons, running the <application>rsync</application>
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69 | server as an unprivileged user and group is encouraged. If you intend to
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70 | run <command>rsync</command> as a daemon, create the
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71 | <systemitem class="username">rsyncd</systemitem> user and group
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72 | with the following commands:</para>
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73 |
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74 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd rsyncd &&
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75 | useradd -c "rsyncd Daemon" -d /home/rsync -g rsyncd -s /bin/false rsyncd</userinput></screen>
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76 |
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77 | <para>Install <application>rsync</application> by running the following
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78 | commands:</para>
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79 |
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80 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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81 | make &&
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82 | make install</userinput></screen>
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83 |
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84 | </sect2>
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85 |
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86 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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87 | <title>Configuring rsync</title>
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88 |
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89 | <sect3 id="rsync-config">
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90 | <title>Config Files</title>
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91 |
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92 | <para><filename>/etc/rsyncd.conf</filename></para>
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93 |
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94 | <indexterm zone="rsync rsync-config">
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95 | <primary sortas="e-etc-rsyncd.conf">/etc/rsyncd.conf</primary>
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96 | </indexterm>
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97 |
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98 | </sect3>
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99 |
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100 | <sect3>
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101 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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102 |
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103 | <para>This is a simple download-only configuration. See the rsyncd
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104 | man-page for additional options (i.e., user authentication).</para>
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105 |
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106 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/rsyncd.conf << "EOF"
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107 | <literal># This is a basic rsync configuration file
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108 | # It exports a single module without user authentication.
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109 |
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110 | motd file = /home/rsync/welcome.msg
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111 | use chroot = yes
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112 |
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113 | [localhost]
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114 | path = /home/rsync
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115 | comment = Default rsync module
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116 | read only = yes
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117 | list = yes
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118 | uid = rsyncd
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119 | gid = rsyncd
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120 | </literal>
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121 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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122 |
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123 | </sect3>
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124 |
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125 | <sect3 id="rsync-init">
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126 | <title>Boot Script</title>
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127 |
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128 | <para>Note that you only want to start the
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129 | <application>rsync</application> server if you want to provide a
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130 | <application>rsync</application> archive on your local machine.
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131 | You don't need this script to run the
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132 | <application>rsync</application> client.</para>
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133 |
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134 | <para>Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/rsyncd</filename> init
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135 | script included in the
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136 | <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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137 |
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138 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-rsyncd</userinput></screen>
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139 |
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140 | </sect3>
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141 |
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142 | </sect2>
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143 |
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144 | <sect2 role="content">
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145 | <title>Contents</title>
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146 |
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147 | <segmentedlist>
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148 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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149 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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150 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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151 |
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152 | <seglistitem>
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153 | <seg>rsync</seg>
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154 | <seg>None</seg>
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155 | <seg>Not determined at this time</seg>
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156 | </seglistitem>
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157 | </segmentedlist>
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158 |
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159 | <variablelist>
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160 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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161 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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162 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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163 |
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164 | <varlistentry id="rsync-prog">
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165 | <term><command>rsync</command></term>
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166 | <listitem>
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167 | <para>is a replacement for <command>rcp</command> (and
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168 | <command>scp</command>) that has many more features. It uses the
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169 | "rsync algorithm" which provides a very fast method of syncing
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170 | remote files. It does this by sending just the differences in the
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171 | files across the link, without requiring that both sets of files
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172 | are present at one end of the link beforehand.</para>
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173 | <indexterm zone="rsync rsync-prog">
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174 | <primary sortas="b-rsync">rsync</primary>
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175 | </indexterm>
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176 | </listitem>
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177 | </varlistentry>
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178 |
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179 | </variablelist>
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180 |
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181 | </sect2>
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182 |
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183 | </sect1>
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