I have setup a Rysnc server in Mandrake 9.1
When I add a auth user into my Rsync.conf and rsync.secrets,
it do not work, everytime it shows
[root@html]# rsync chris@mandrake82::XXXXX/.html/. /
Password:
@ERROR: auth failed on module XXXXX
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (89 bytes read so far)
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165)

This is my rsync's config file
[XXXXX]
path =/Nukephp
comment = XXXXX.com
use chroot
auth users = chris,
secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets

This is my secret.files
chris:chris

might be comma after chris in auth file?

rsync chris@mandrake82::XXXXX/.html/. /

also, i will tell you what i make of this and let me know if this is right and what you are after? you want to rsync to your / directory from mandrake82's :XXXXX/.html/. directory?

does rsync work normally?

i mean,

does this work for you?

make a directory called /root/rsynctest on both machines.

copy some data info the directory just made. make the two files different. different names or whatever.

then try:

rsync -vazu root@mandrake82:/root/rsynctest/* /root/rsynctest/

does this work?

if rsync works then sorry for asking. just need more info to help.

also, if you need more info on rsync, i can help i think. and i thought secrets file was only supposed to have password, unless chris:chris is password. let me know what your experience is with rsync and if you have had it work before. don't know level of complexity i need to start explaining at.

have you looked at man page for rsync?

sorry if no help. just need to know what you have done with rsync?

tyler0123
thanks for your reply
I found something special in test
If I use mandrake82:rsynctest/*, it not works.
If I use mandrake82::rsynctest/*, it works

I have test minor change of a file, and it syncs the files.

About the secrets.file, I read the man page and it said the password format is
usernameassword.
So, I try username chris and password chris.

Is there special setting in the file permission on secrets.file?