Setup a Remotely Accessible rsync Server

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Overview

Procedure

Configure the rsyncd Daemon

Enable the rsyncd Daemon to Start at Boot

Enable the rsyncd Daemon to Start at Boot

SELinux Configuration

rsync may interact with SELinux and fail operations that otherwise would succeed. A typical symptom is not to be able to create a directory:

[...] rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/timesnap" (in rackstationb) failed: Permission denied (13):

The solution is to:

setsebool -P rsync_full_access=on

The change survives reboot. For more details, see:

Changing SELinux Policy Booleans at Runtime