Keeping good backups of your data is important; don't be the sucker who loses important files and has to deal with it afterwards! In this in-depth guide, you'll learn about using rsync and lftp to ...

If you need a flexible means of backing up data on a Linux server, rsync might be your tool.

Last month we covered setting up an rsync server for anonymous access. Listing 1 shows the sample rsyncd.conf file from last month, illustrating some options particularly useful for tightening ...

The rsync server drops its root privileges soon after it was started and per default creates a chroot environment. Due to insufficient integer/bounds checking in the server code a heap overflow can be ...

If you need to share or transfer files between Linux machines, you have plenty of options. Here are some you might not have considered.

In Gentoos case, the company maintains several rsync servers to enable users to download the latest version and updates for the Gentoo Linux operating system.

The rsync tool for file synchronization, which is popular under Linux, has several security vulnerabilities. The worst of these can be found in the rsync server and allows the infiltration and ...

Mastering rsync and Bash to Backup Your Linux Desktop or Server by Rob Williams on October 4, 2013 in Software Keeping good backups of your data is important; don’t be the sucker who loses important ...

Setting Up an rsync Server Using rsync with SSH is the easiest way to use rsync securely with authenticated users, in a way that both requires and protects the use of real users' accounts.