rsync-3.0.2

Installation of rsync

For security reasons, running the rsync server as an unprivileged user and group is encouraged. If you intend to run rsync as a daemon, create the rsyncd user and group with the following commands issued by the root user:

groupadd -g 48 rsyncd &&
useradd -c "rsyncd Daemon" -d /home/rsync -g rsyncd \
    -s /bin/false -u 48 rsyncd

Install rsync by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

If you have Doxygen-1.5.2 installed and wish to build HTML API documentation, issue doxygen.

If you have DocBook-utils-0.6.14 installed and wish to build the user documentation, issue any or all of the following commands:

pushd doc &&
docbook2pdf             rsync.sgml &&
docbook2ps              rsync.sgml &&
docbook2dvi             rsync.sgml &&
docbook2txt             rsync.sgml &&
docbook2html --nochunks rsync.sgml &&
popd

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user:

make install

If you built the documentation, install it using the following commands as the root user:

install -v -m755 -d          /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.2/api &&
install -v -m644 dox/html/*  /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.2/api &&
install -v -m644 doc/rsync.* /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.2

cat > /etc/rsyncd.conf << "EOF"
# This is a basic rsync configuration file
# It exports a single module without user authentication.

motd file = /home/rsync/welcome.msg
use chroot = yes

[localhost]
    path = /home/rsync
    comment = Default rsync module
    read only = yes
    list = yes
    uid = rsyncd
    gid = rsyncd

EOF

make install-rsyncd