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Tim Duncklee
Asked: 2014-10-12 11:01:03 +0800 CST

Using hostname rather than IP address in /etc/rsyncd.conf not working

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From what I understand from the rsync docs, I should be able to use a hostname with hosts allow. However, it does not work.

This works:

pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid
syslog facility = rsync.log
hosts allow = 123.123.123.123

This does not work:

pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid
syslog facility = rsync.log
hosts allow = myaddress.dynalias.org

@ERROR: access denied to devf from unknown (123.123.123.123)

If I add the host to /etc/hosts it does work! However, I'm trying to avoid changing it every time my IP address changes by using my dynamic dns hostname.

Is there something I need to do to tell rsync to do a dns lookup rather than just reference the hosts file?

domain-name-system

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You need to have your 'reverse DNS' correctly set up for your host.

    Obviously, setting reverse DNS for a dynamic IP is complex. Thus I would recommend to adopt a different rsync security strategy (e.g. based on SSH key)

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