The rsync daemon is launched by specifying the --daemon option to
rsync.
The daemon must run with root privileges if you wish to use
chroot, to bind to a port numbered under 1024 (as is the default
873), or to set file ownership. Otherwise, it must just have
permission to read and write the appropriate data, log, and lock
files.
You can launch it either via inetd, as a stand-alone daemon, or
from an rsync client via a remote shell. If run as a stand-alone
daemon then just run the command "rsync --daemon" from a suitable
startup script.
When run via inetd you should add a line like this to
/etc/services:
rsync 873/tcp
and a single line something like this to /etc/inetd.conf:
rsync stream tcp nowait root /usr/bin/rsync rsyncd --daemon
Replace "/usr/bin/rsync" with the path to where you have rsync
installed on your system. You will then need to send inetd a HUP
signal to tell it to reread its config file.
Note that you should not send the rsync daemon a HUP signal to
force it to reread the rsyncd.conf file. The file is re-read on
each client connection.
