/etc/rsyncd.conf This is a simple download-only configuration. See the rsyncd 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 Note that you only want to start the rsync server if you want to provide a rsync archive on your machine. The rsync client doesn't need this script to be used. Install /etc/rc.d/init.d/rsyncd init script included in the package. make install-rsyncd