debian:~# adduser hungnv

debian:~# cp /usr/share/doc/rsync/examples/rsyncd.conf /etc/

debian:~# cat /etc/rsyncd.conf
pid file=/var/run/rsyncd.pid syslog facility=daemon
# MODULE OPTIONS
[hungnv]
comment = hungnv's private stuff
path = /home/hungnv/sync
use chroot = yes 
max connections=10
lock file = /var/lock/rsyncd
# the default for read only is yes...
read only = no
list = yes
uid = hungnv
gid = hungnv
# exclude =
# exclude from =
# hosts allow =
# hosts deny =
ignore errors = no
ignore nonreadable = yes
transfer logging = no
log format = %t: host %h (%a) %o %f (%l bytes). Total %b bytes.
timeout = 600
refuse options = checksum dry-run
dont compress = *.gz *.tgz *.zip *.z *.rpm *.deb *.iso *.bz2 *.tbz

debian:~# aptitude install xinetd

debian:~# cat /etc/xinetd.d/rsync
service rsync {
disable = no
socket_type = stream
wait = no user = root
server = /usr/bin/rsync
server_args = --daemon
log_on_failure += USERID
}

debian:~# /etc/init.d/xinetd restart
Stopping internet superserver: xinetd.
Starting internet superserver: xinetd.

debian:~# netstat -ntl
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:873 0.0.0.0:* listEN

debian:~# rsync localhost::
hungnv hungnv's private stuff

g3n2 ~ # echo "=app-admin/lsyncd-1.26" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
g3n2 ~ # emerge -av lsyncd

hungnv@g3n2 ~ $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 1024
hungnv@g3n2 ~ $ cat .ssh/id_dsa.pub |ssh 192.168.1.11 "cat - >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"
hungnv@g3n2 ~ $ ssh 192.168.1.11 chmod 700 ~/.ssh
hungnv@g3n2 ~ $ ssh 192.168.1.11 chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

hungnv@g3n2 ~ $ rsync 192.168.1.11::
hungnv hungnv's private stuff

hungnv@g3n2 ~ $ lsyncd –conf /etc/lsyncd.conf.xml –debug

hungnv@g3n2 ~ $ sudo lsyncd

Sat Mar 27 22:53:18 2010: Starting up
Sat Mar 27 22:53:18 2010: watching /mnt/data/sync
Sat Mar 27 22:53:18 2010: found new directory: Terpinus in /mnt/data/sync -- added on tosync stack.
Sat Mar 27 22:53:18 2010: found new directory: pydiction-1.2 in vimdict -- added on tosync stack.
Sat Mar 27 22:53:18 2010: found new directory: vimdict in /mnt/data/sync -- added on tosync stack.
Sat Mar 27 22:53:18 2010: found new directory: squid in ftp-conf -- added on tosync stack.
Sat Mar 27 22:53:18 2010: found new directory: namespace in alchemist -- added on tosync stack.
Sat Mar 27 22:53:18 2010: found new directory: switchboard in alchemist -- added on tosync stack.
Sat Mar 27 22:53:18 2010: found new directory: alchemist in ftp-conf -- added on tosync stack.
Sat Mar 27 22:53:18 2010: found new directory: templates in jabberd -- added on tosync stack.
Sat Mar 27 22:53:18 2010: found new directory: jabberd in ftp-conf -- added on tosync stack.
Sat Mar 27 22:53:18 2010: found new directory: policy in targeted -- added on tosync stack.
Sat Mar 27 22:53:18 2010: found new directory: files in contexts -- added on tosync stack.
Sat Mar 27 22:53:18 2010: found new directory: users in contexts -- added on tosync stack.
Sat Mar 27 22:53:18 2010: found new directory: contexts in targeted -- added on tosync stack.
Sat Mar 27 22:53:18 2010: found new directory: modules in previous -- added on tosync stack.
Sat Mar 27 22:53:18 2010: found new directory: previous in modules -- added on tosync stack.
Sat Mar 27 22:53:18 2010: found new directory: modules in active -- added on tosync stack.
Sat Mar 27 22:53:18 2010: found new directory: active in modules -- added on tosync stack.

#!/bin/sh
# Start/stop the lsyncd daemon.
### BEGIN INIT INFO
#hungnv[at]opensource[dot]com[dot]vn
#License: GPL Version 2
#http://opensource.com.vn
test -f /usr/bin/lsyncd || exit 0

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

case "$1" in
start)  log_daemon_msg "Starting periodic command scheduler" "lsyncd"
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/lsyncd.pid --name lsyncd --startas /usr/bin/lsyncd 
        log_end_msg $?
        ;;
stop)   log_daemon_msg "Stopping periodic command scheduler" "lsyncd"
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/lsynd.pid --name lsyncd
        log_end_msg $?
        ;;
restart) log_daemon_msg "Restarting periodic command scheduler" "lsyncd"
        start-stop-daemon --stop --retry 5 --quiet --pidfile /var/run/lsyncd.pid --name lsyncd
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/lsyncd.pid --name lsyncd --startas /usr/bin/lsyncd 
        log_end_msg $?
        ;;
reload|force-reload) log_daemon_msg "Reloading configuration files for periodic command scheduler" "lsyncd"
        # lsyncd reloads automatically
        log_end_msg 0
        ;;
*)      log_action_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/lsyncd {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}"
        exit 2
        ;;
esac
exit 0

#!/usr/bin/python
import os
root = '/home/'
names = os.listdir(root)
#names = open('/mnt/data/names.txt','r')
names.sort()
for line in names:
#    if not line:
#        break
    if not os.path.isdir(root + line):
        continue
    if line == 'lost+found':
        continue
    print "[" "%s" "]" %line
    print '        comment = ''%s' %line
    print '        path ='+root +line
    print """        use chroot = yes  
        max connections=10  
        lock file = /var/lock/rsyncd  
        read only = no  
        list = yes 
              """
    print '        uid= '+line
    print '        gid= '+line
    print """        ignore errors = no  
        ignore nonreadable = yes  
        transfer logging = no  
        log format = %t: host %h (%a) %o %f (%l bytes). Total %b bytes.  
        timeout = 600  
        refuse options = checksum dry-run  
        dont compress = *.gz *.tgz *.zip *.z *.rpm *.deb *.iso *.bz2 *.tbz  
              """

lsyncd –conf /etc/lsyncd.conf.xml –debug

$ lsyncd /etc/lsyncd.conf.xml
Error: Nothing to watch!
Error: Use sync(SOURCE, TARGET, BEHAVIOR) in your config file

$ sudo lsyncd /tmp/lsyncd.conf
22:56:44 Normal: recursive startup rsync: /src/ -> [myIP]:/dest/
ssh: connect to host [myIP] port 22: Connection refused
rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 6 bytes to fd 4 [sender]: Broken pipe (32)
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(1525) [sender=3.0.6]
22:56:44 Error: Failure on startup of '/src/'.

sync{default.rsync, source="/src", target="username@IP:/dst", rsyncOps={"-ave", "ssh -p 9955"}, delay=1}