Explicitly mention spaces in the "path" setting.

diff --git a/rsyncd.conf.yo b/rsyncd.conf.yo
index 9e1926a24b00ede8abd02eb061033156f9a3a72a..0f5215ca3ac976d579d44adb2ee548e9cbe2c4b9 100644 (file)
--- a/rsyncd.conf.yo
+++ b/rsyncd.conf.yo
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ dit(bf(path)) This parameter specifies the directory in the daemon's
 filesystem to make available in this module.  You must specify this parameter
 for each module in tt(rsyncd.conf).
 
+It is fine if the path includes internal spaces -- they will be retained
+verbatim (which means that you shouldn't try to escape them).  If your final
+directory has a trailing space (and this is somehow not something you wish to
+fix), append a trailing slash to the path to avoid losing the trailing
+whitespace.
+
 dit(bf(use chroot)) If "use chroot" is true, the rsync daemon will chroot
 to the "path" before starting the file transfer with the client.  This has
 the advantage of extra protection against possible implementation security