Listing 1. A Sample rsyncd.conf File

# "global-only" options
syslog facility =local5

# global options which may also be defined
# in modules
use chroot = yes
uid = nobody
gid = nobody
max connections = 20
timeout = 600
read only = yes

# a module:
[public]
   path = /home/public_rsync
   comment = Nobody home but us tarballs
   hosts allow = near.echo-echo-echo.org, 10.18.3.12
   ignore nonreadable = yes
   refuse options = checksum
   dont compress = *