rsync + centos

Setup rsync server on CentOS

September 1, 2007, 10:13 pm

Posted by am3n in Linux

Step-by-step installation and configuration rsync server on CentOS
From transamrit.net

• Make sure xinetd and rsync is available, if not type
  # yum -y install rsync xinetd
• Add xinetd service to system
  # chkconfig --add xinetd
• Make sure xinetd running on init 3 and 5
  # chkconfig --list xinetd
• Enable rsync
  # vi /etc/xinetd.d/rsync
  Change disable = yes into disable = no
• Create username and password for rsync client to use
  # vi /etc/rsyncd.secrets
  adminname:hispassword
• Create configuration and shares for rsync daemon
  # vi /etc/rsyncd.conf
  max connections = 2
  log file = /var/log/rsync.log
  timeout = 300
  
  [shares]
  comment = shared data stored here
  path = /home/adminname/shares
  read only = false # chg to true if you want read only
  list = yes
  uid = adminname
  gid = adminname
  auth users = adminname
  secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets
  hosts allow = 10.10.105.0/24
• Secure /etc/rsyncd.*
  # chown root.root /etc/rsyncd.*
  # chmod 600 /etc/rsyncd.*
• Restart xinetd
  # service xinetd restart
• Make sure rsync now running
  # chkconfig --list
• Perhaps you also want to enable port 873 tcp and udp on your firewall so other can connect to your server