Step-by-step installation and configuration rsync server on CentOS
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- 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
