Rsync server - client configuration

server configuration

on server 172.30.100.1
create file /etc/rsyncd.conf file

 [global]
max connections = 25
log file = /var/log/rsync_log
[home]
        comment = web site
        path = /home
        uid = viacom18
        gid = viacom18
        read only = no
        list = yes
        auth users = tanajiyadav
        secrets file = /etc/rsync.secret


create file /etc/rsync.secret
#username:password
tanajiyadav:p@ssw0rd

start rsync service with rsync --deamon command



client configuration

cronjob configuration

*/2 * * * * /usr/bin/rsync -av --password-file=/etc/rpass tanajiyadav@172.30.100.1::home /home