I'm trying to setup an rsync server on my Ubuntu machine. Transfer from a local PC to the server via rsync does work, but the resultant uploaded files have no r,w or x bits set, e.g.
---------- 1 fredb fredb 0 Aug 30 20:50 sk_upgrade_20120830_033450.txt ---------- 1 fredb fredb 0 Aug 30 20:50 sk_user_20120827_184534.txt ---------- 1 fredb fredb 0 Aug 30 20:50 sk_user_20120830_033450.txt
My rsyncd.conf file is:
motd file = /etc/rsyncd.motd [workspace] path = /tmp comment = rsync server uid = nobody gid = nobody read only = false auth users = fredb secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.scrt
How can I get the target files permissions correct? Also once I've solved this problem how can I transfer without a password?
TY, Fred
auth users
andsecrets file
from the configuration (and use some other way to protect rsync from stray people). The question of why you are ending up with 0 byte files with no permissions is hard. Is the "local PC" windows based?