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rsync questions
I'm trying to backup some stuff from my mac to NAS using rsync. I have rsync command that does the job, but now I want to secure it somehow. Readynas has a way to impose user authentication on a sha...
Well I found a few things out, but leads to more questions.
for one thing I tried doing rsync over AFP and NFS instead of going to rsyncd daemon. That created all the backup files with more usable owner permissions. However that method took 10x longer to complete. one upside is that I think resource forks and such from the Mac are probably handled better that way.
I looked into rysncd.conf file. On ReadyNas the config file for rsyncd deamon is
If I change the uid inside that file to the readynas username I want, the owner permissions get set the way I want! Yay. But the only downside is that this file gets completely overwritten by frontview if anything about rsyncd configuration is changed from frontview.
So... I'm still stuck with two basic questions
for one thing I tried doing rsync over AFP and NFS instead of going to rsyncd daemon. That created all the backup files with more usable owner permissions. However that method took 10x longer to complete. one upside is that I think resource forks and such from the Mac are probably handled better that way.
I looked into rysncd.conf file. On ReadyNas the config file for rsyncd deamon is
/etc/frontview/rsync/Shares.conf
If I change the uid inside that file to the readynas username I want, the owner permissions get set the way I want! Yay. But the only downside is that this file gets completely overwritten by frontview if anything about rsyncd configuration is changed from frontview.
So... I'm still stuck with two basic questions
- What is the best way to force authentication or security for rsync to readynas
- How can I make sure the files are written on the readynas as a user of my choice, not root, and not the uid from the sender
- What's the best solution for backing up resource forks too
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