From: Martin Pool <mbp@samba.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 03:28:12 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Clear up conditions for running as root.
X-Git-Tag: mbp_bk_export0~221
X-Git-Url: http://git.samba.org/samba.git/?p=rsync.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=f5c20813021e80c743003dad9628ce70902876bc

Clear up conditions for running as root.
---

diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 10ae331a..b123745a 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-.ignore
+
 .cvsignore
+.ignore
+ID
 Makefile
 a
 b
@@ -18,4 +20,3 @@ tech_report.dvi
 tech_report.log
 tech_report.ps
 test
-
diff --git a/rsyncd.conf.yo b/rsyncd.conf.yo
index d6a2f305..39352ae5 100644
--- a/rsyncd.conf.yo
+++ b/rsyncd.conf.yo
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ in string values.
 manpagesection(LAUNCHING THE RSYNC DAEMON)
 
 The rsync daemon is launched by specifying the --daemon option to
-rsync. The daemon must run with root privileges.
+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 or as a stand-alone daemon. If run
 as a daemon then just run the command "rsync --daemon" from a suitable