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Sat, 04 Oct 2008

/Admin/backups/backuppc: rysncd on the client to be backed up

Note that unlike rsync over ssh, transfers using rsyncd are not encrypted, so rsyncd use is recommended only within a secure local network.

On the machine to be backed up, install rysnc and open the rsync port (873) in your firewall.

Create a /etc/rsyncd.secrets file with the following content:

yourUserid:yourPassword

Edit /etc/default/rsync to contain the following:

RSYNC_ENABLE=true
RSYNC_NICE='10'

(A higher value of RSYNC_NICE reduces the priority of rsync activities if this machine is being used for other things, which is highly probable.)

Create an /etc/rsyncd.conf file with the following content:

    pid file=/var/run/rsyncd.pid
    transfer logging = no
    timeout = 600
    refuse options = checksum dry-run
    dont compress = *.gz *.tgz *.zip *.z *.rpm *.deb *.iso *.bz2 *.tbz
    use chroot = yes
    lock file = /var/lock/rsyncd
    read only = yes
    list = yes

    [etc]

        comment = /etc directory
        path = /etc
        uid = root
        gid = root
        auth users = yourUserid
        secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets
        strict modes = yes
        ignore errors = no
        ignore nonreadable = yes

    [home]

        comment = /home directory
        path = /home
        uid = root
        gid = root
        auth users = yourUserid
        secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets
        strict modes = yes
        ignore errors = no
        ignore nonreadable = yes

posted at: 09:53 | path: /Admin/backups/backuppc | permanent link to this entry

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