[NBLUG/talk] rsync problem RESOLVED

[Robert Hayes]

Oops.
It works really well when you specify a destination.

Where's the UNSEND key?

Thanks for your patience.


On Thursday 04 December 2003 10:49 am, Robert Hayes wrote:
> I'm having a problem with rsync between my laptop and desktop.
>
> I want to be able to replicate my desktop /home dir on my laptop.
>
> When I run:
>
> bob at laptop$: rsync -v --progress rsync://bob@192.168.1.xxx/bob/file.txt
> on the laptop it asks for a password. I enter the password.
>
> It responds:
>
> -rw-r--r--   29585 2003/12/03 16:15:00 file.txt
> wrote 114 bytes  read 108 bytes  88.80 bytes/sec
> total size is 29585  speedup is 133.27
> bob at laptop$
>
> But I  can't find the file anywhere. The file did not pre-exist on the
> laptop. Am I missing something?
>
> My rsyncd.conf file looks like this:
> ---------
> max connections = 2
> log file = /var/log/rsync.log
> timeout = 300
>
> [bob]
>         comment = This is my first rsync setup...
>         path = /home/bob
>         read only = no
>         list = yes
>         uid = bob
>         gid = bob
>         auth users = bob
>         secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets
> -------------
> The rsyncd.secrets file just contains one line comprised of the the
> username and password.
>
> TIA,
> ...bob
>
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