%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ rsync The rsync package contains the rsync utility. This is useful for synchronizing large file archives over a network. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &rsync-md5sum; Download size: &rsync-size; Estimated disk space required: &rsync-buildsize; Estimated build time: &rsync-time; rsync Dependencies Optional , libattr, and libacl User Notes: For security reasons, running the rsync server as an unprivileged user and group is encouraged. If you intend to run rsync as a daemon, create the rsyncd user and group with the following commands issued by the root user: groupadd -g 48 rsyncd && useradd -c "rsyncd Daemon" -d /home/rsync -g rsyncd \ -s /bin/false -u 48 rsyncd Install rsync by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make If you have installed and wish to build HTML API documentation, issue doxygen. If you have installed and wish to build the user documentation, issue any or all of the following commands: pushd doc && docbook2pdf rsync.sgml && docbook2ps rsync.sgml && docbook2dvi rsync.sgml && docbook2txt rsync.sgml && docbook2html --nochunks rsync.sgml && popd To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install If you built the documentation, install it using the following commands as the root user: install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/rsync-&rsync-version;/api && install -v -m644 dox/html/* /usr/share/doc/rsync-&rsync-version;/api && install -v -m644 doc/rsync.* /usr/share/doc/rsync-&rsync-version; /etc/rsyncd.conf /etc/rsyncd.conf For client access to remote files, you may need to install the package to connect to the remote server. This is a simple download-only configuration to set up running rsync as a server. See the rsyncd.conf(5) man-page for additional options (i.e., user authentication). cat > /etc/rsyncd.conf << "EOF" # This is a basic rsync configuration file # It exports a single module without user authentication. motd file = /home/rsync/welcome.msg use chroot = yes [localhost] path = /home/rsync comment = Default rsync module read only = yes list = yes uid = rsyncd gid = rsyncd EOF You can find additional configuration information and general documentation about rsync at . Note that you only want to start the rsync server if you want to provide an rsync archive on your local machine. You don't need this script to run the rsync client. Install the /etc/rc.d/init.d/rsyncd init script included in the package. make install-rsyncd Installed Program Installed Libraries Installed Directories rsync None Optionally, /usr/share/doc/rsync-&rsync-version; Short Descriptions rsync is a replacement for rcp (and scp) that has many more features. It uses the rsync algorithm which provides a very fast method of syncing remote files. It does this by sending just the differences in the files across the link, without requiring that both sets of files are present at one end of the link beforehand. rsync