[Gllug] Does one need Rsync server to use Rsync?

[Martin A. Brooks]

On 04/09/2009 03:40, Hong Chyr wrote:
> Hi guys
>
> Something I can't get my head around. I've been using rsync to sync
> files locally, and over SSH (using the "rsync -e 'ssh -l username -i
> id_rsa'<source>  <dest>").
>
> Now, having read the rsync document over and over again, I can't seem to
> figure out, why do the need for an Rsync (or rsync daemon)  server to do
> rsync? Is it really necessary? What's the advantage over just using
> Rsync as a commandline program?
>    

Nope, rsync has a "--daemon" option you can pass which, also given a 
suitable config file, will drop into the background listening on port 
831 by default.  There's no separate binary for the d.

The advantage of doing this is when your data is going over a trusted 
network, or it's data that's not sensitive, as then you save the effort 
of a layer of cryto.
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