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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

One of my favorite utilities on the Linux command-line, and block storage is one of my favorite features on Linode's platform, so in this article I get to combine both of these together - because what ...

Well, on Linux, the native rsync program understands ssh and how to use it. All you need is an rsync binary on the other end.

And the beauty about Linux is that the host/server and client computers can be any sort of machines because Linux distributions contain the same software and rsync is relatively light on system load.

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.

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 ...