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authorWayne Davison <wayne@opencoder.net>2021-12-30 12:28:16 -0800
committerWayne Davison <wayne@opencoder.net>2021-12-30 12:29:09 -0800
commit8e77ece0eec633126f546f75c67f62837427e9c1 (patch)
tree5d44a690688cd7c7b11e8315f7cbbb9bab79da80 /support
parentffec7fe109efda650988ff993c989c2bc9f24dff (diff)
downloadrsync-8e77ece0eec633126f546f75c67f62837427e9c1.tar.gz
Tweak the rrsync man page.
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/support/rrsync.1.md b/support/rrsync.1.md
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--- a/support/rrsync.1.md
+++ b/support/rrsync.1.md
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ A user's ssh login can be restricted to only allow the running of an rsync
transfer in one of two easy ways: forcing the running of the rrsync script
or forcing the running of an rsync daemon-over-ssh command.
-To use the rrsync script, add a prefix like one of the following (followed by a
-space) in front of each ssh-key line in the user's `~/.ssh/authorized_keys`
-file that should be restricted:
+To use the rrsync script, edit the user's `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` file and add
+a prefix like one of the following (followed by a space) in front of each
+ssh-key line that should be restricted:
> ```
> command="rrsync DIR"
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ may want to copy the script to a local bin dir with a unique name if you want
to have multiple configurations. One or more rrsync options can be specified
prior to the `DIR` if you want to further restrict the transfer.
-To use an rsync daemon setup, add one of the following prefixes (followed by a
-space) in front of each ssh-key line in the user's `~/.ssh/authorized_keys`
-file that should be restricted:
+To use an rsync daemon setup, edit the user's `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` file and
+add a prefix like one of the following (followed by a space) in front of each
+ssh-key line that should be restricted:
> ```
> command="rsync --server --daemon ."
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ with the appropriate path and option restrictions. If the `--config` option is
omitted, it defaults to `~/rsyncd.conf`. See the `rsyncd.conf` man page for
details of how to configure an rsync daemon.
+When using rrsync, there can be just one restricted dir per authorized key. A
+daemon setup, on the other hand, allows multiple module names inside the config
+file, each one with its own path setting.
+
The remainder of this man page is dedicated to using the rrsync script.
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