Hi,

I need to setup a Rsync server to backup a 😡 NAS.

So I want to run it under SSH.

man rsync

Also note that the rsync daemon protocol does not currently provide any encryption of the data that is transferred over the connection. Only authentication is provided. Use ssh as the transport if you want encryption.

but when I do rsync --config=/etc/rsyncd.conf --rsh=ssh --dry-run
I get:

rsync: --rsh=ssh: unknown option (in daemon mode) So there no way to specify that rsync daemon should run under ssh ?

Also is this following A.I statement is correct ?

The rsyncd.conf file is only used when the rsync daemon is running on the remote host and the client connects to the daemon directly, without using an SSH connection.

So there is no way with Rsync (under ssh) to set settings (config file or other) that will apply to all clients !!??
So it’s the client that configure rsync and the server !? there is no way around ?!

  • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    28 days ago

    first, that AI garbage is bullshit. the rsync daemon takes the config file into account regardless of the protocol being used, but you must always tell it with a cli arg where is the config file it should use.

    second, I think you don’t need to specify that you want to use SSH. unless you give the location as starting with rsync://, or set to use the rsh protocol, it should use ssh by default.
    just use user@targethost:path. The part before : is the same as what you use in SSH, and the part after it may be an absolute or a relative (to user home) path