[LUNA] rsync(d) question ....

[William A. Mahaffey III]

On 08/07/15 11:54, Branden Harper wrote:
> Is rsyncd on q6600 running as root or as a different unprivileged user?
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 9:43 AM, William A. Mahaffey III <wam at hiwaay.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> .... I am trying to use rsync to archive my /etc directory on my
>> FC14-x86_64 box onto another box for safe-keeping. I am pulling from the
>> other box (NetBSD 6.1.5 64-bit) using the following command:
>>
>> 4256EE1 # whoami
>> root
>> 4256EE1 # rsync -avviiz root at q6600::etc  /home/rsync/Q6600/etc
>> opening tcp connection to q6600 port 873
>> sending daemon args: --server --sender -vvlogDtprze.iLsfx . etc/  (5 args)
>> receiving incremental file list
>> rsync: readlink_stat("/sysctl.conf" (in etc)) failed: Permission denied
>> (13)
>> rsync: readlink_stat("/openvpn" (in etc)) failed: Permission denied (13)
>> rsync: readlink_stat("/aliases" (in etc)) failed: Permission denied (13)
>> rsync: readlink_stat("/.pwd.lock" (in etc)) failed: Permission denied (13)
>>
>> I am obviously having permission issues :-). I have xinetd activating
>> rsyncd. I *think* my install of rsync & xinetd are box stock, but hard to
>> be sure w/ the OS this old (I will be upgrading to CentOS in the near
>> future, part of my interest in archiving my /etc to preserve lots of
>> configuration magic). I see the following in my messages files on the Q6600
>> FC14 box:
>>
>>
>> Aug  7 09:27:44 Q6600 xinetd[1678]: START: rsync pid=1377
>> from=::ffff:192.168.0.7
>> Aug  7 09:27:44 Q6600 rsyncd[1377]: connect from 4256EE1 (192.168.0.7)
>> Aug  7 09:27:44 Q6600 rsyncd[1377]: rsync on etc/ from 4256ee1
>> (192.168.0.7)
>> Aug  7 09:27:45 Q6600 rsyncd[1377]: building file list
>> Aug  7 09:27:45 Q6600 rsyncd[1377]: rsync: readlink_stat("/sysctl.conf"
>> (in etc)) failed: Permission denied (13)
>> Aug  7 09:27:45 Q6600 rsyncd[1377]: rsync: readlink_stat("/openvpn" (in
>> etc)) failed: Permission denied (13)
>> Aug  7 09:27:45 Q6600 rsyncd[1377]: rsync: readlink_stat("/aliases" (in
>> etc)) failed: Permission denied (13)
>> Aug  7 09:27:45 Q6600 rsyncd[1377]: rsync: readlink_stat("/.pwd.lock" (in
>> etc)) failed: Permission denied (13)
>>
>> I also tried the rsync-pull as my regular user (which is what I ultimately
>> want to do if possible), same issue. I su-ed to root on the NetBSD box (as
>> per their recommendations) & have been doing that for years under Linux, I
>> don't *think* that's the issue but who knows. Any clues what is going on
>> here (i.e. why doesn't the rsync-pull get *everything* from my /etc
>> directory onto the remote box) ? *Any* clues appreciated. TIA & have a good
>> one.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>          William A. Mahaffey III
>>
>>   ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>          "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war
>>           ever devised by man."
>>                             -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.


As root, according to xinetd.conf ....

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	William A. Mahaffey III

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	"The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war
	 ever devised by man."
                            -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.