diff options
| author | Martin Pool <mbp@samba.org> | 2000-10-13 03:28:12 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Martin Pool <mbp@samba.org> | 2000-10-13 03:28:12 +0000 |
| commit | f5c20813021e80c743003dad9628ce70902876bc (patch) | |
| tree | 3f4dedd3bb4cbd5bf13917d0bdf1fe6f51c0f292 /rsyncd.conf.yo | |
| parent | e6c64e793345230fdba2cf86c159830613baf71d (diff) | |
| download | android_external_rsync-f5c20813021e80c743003dad9628ce70902876bc.tar.gz android_external_rsync-f5c20813021e80c743003dad9628ce70902876bc.tar.bz2 android_external_rsync-f5c20813021e80c743003dad9628ce70902876bc.zip | |
Clear up conditions for running as root.
Diffstat (limited to 'rsyncd.conf.yo')
| -rw-r--r-- | rsyncd.conf.yo | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/rsyncd.conf.yo b/rsyncd.conf.yo index d6a2f305..39352ae5 100644 --- a/rsyncd.conf.yo +++ b/rsyncd.conf.yo @@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ in string values. manpagesection(LAUNCHING THE RSYNC DAEMON) The rsync daemon is launched by specifying the --daemon option to -rsync. The daemon must run with root privileges. +rsync. + +The daemon must run with root privileges if you wish to use chroot, to +bind to a port numbered under 1024 (as is the default 873), or to set +file ownership. Otherwise, it must just have permission to read and +write the appropriate data, log, and lock files. You can launch it either via inetd or as a stand-alone daemon. If run as a daemon then just run the command "rsync --daemon" from a suitable |