Thread: Slackware Rsync configuration file - rsyncd.conf

helo everybody

i m using slackware in my company. i have tast to backup the windows system through rsync. when i search the rsyncd.conf file in slackware linux box i m not geting the resyncd.conf.

where m i getting the file or how to configure the file.

plz help me on this topic.

You need to create rsyncd.conf file, as it is not supplied by slaceware. A sample config file - /etc/rsyncd.conf:

Code:

uid=0
gid=0
[server1]
        auth users = vivek
        path = /
        read only = false
        secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.sec

/etc/rsyncd.sec file contains username and password:

Code:

vivek:viveksPassword

To start rsync in daemon mode, enter:

Code:

 /usr/bin/rsync --daemon --config=/etc/rsyncd.conf

Finally, you can use rsync as follows to mirror /var/www folder:

Code:

rsync -e ssh -Ravzu --password-file=/etc/secret --stats --delete /var/www vivek@server2::server1 2>&1 > /var/log/rsync.log

/etc/secret should contains user vivek's password.