Rsync daemon problems

Hi all,

Why does this occur? Very frustrating...

[root@server_02 tmp]# rsync --daemon
[root@server_02 tmp]# ps -aux |grep rsync
root 27062 0.0 0.0 3684 564 pts/0 S Aug03 0:00 grep
rsync


(Obviously, I'm trying to run the rync daemon but it essentially says
"screw you" and just returns me to the command prompt.)

Thanks,
Dave

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> Hi all,
>
> Why does this occur? Very frustrating...
>
> [root@server_02 tmp]# rsync --daemon
> [root@server_02 tmp]# ps -aux |grep rsync
> root 27062 0.0 0.0 3684 564 pts/0 S Aug03 0:00 grep
> rsync
>
>
> (Obviously, I'm trying to run the rync daemon but it essentially says
> "screw you" and just returns me to the command prompt.)

In "daemon" mode, rsync reports errors only to the system logger (typically
written to /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog), so that's where you have
to look to see why it won't start. Possibly the cause is a missing or bad
configuration file (/etc/rsyncd.conf), but the syslog messages will explain.