sometimes another set of eyes to see!!
the list is helpful
On Thu, Jun 26, 2025, 5:36 PM Robert Moskowitz via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 6/26/25 5:26 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM Robert Moskowitz via users
> <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I *AM* running rsyncd on the target server.
>>
>> If I provide:
>>
>> rsync -ah --stats /home/rgm/r/ rsync://rgm@homestor/rgm/r/
>>
>> I get prompted for the password in the /etc/rsyncd.secrets file, and it
>> works.
>>
>> I now create a local file ~/rsync.pswd with chmod 440, and run:
>>
>> rsync -ah --password-file=/home/rgm/rsync.pswd --stats /home/rgm/r/
>> rsync://rgm@homestor/rgm/r/
>>
>> it fails with:
>>
>> @ERROR: auth failed on module rgm
>> rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at
>> main.c(1850) [sender=3.4.1]
>>
>> rsync.pswd format is:
>>
>> rgm:password
>>
>> where password is what is in the server's rsyncd.secrets and what I
>> provided to the interactive prompt.
>>
>> What am I missing here?
> Form rsync(1) man page:
>
> --password-file
>
> This option allows you to provide a password in a file for
> accessing an rsync daemon. The file must not be world readable. It
> should contain just the password as a single line.
I read that description a number of times, and just did not catch that
ONLY the password is in the file....
Sheesh.
Well now it works!
Thanks
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