[Bug 1222301] Re: rsyncd.conf man page on numeric ids has incorrect instructions about chroot

[Simon Déziel]

Looks like this was fixed as it now (rsync 3.2.3-8ubuntu3 from 22.04
dev) says:

man rsyncd.conf:
> A chroot-enabled module should not have this parameter set to false unless you're using a "name converter" program or you've taken steps to ensure that the module has the necessary resources it needs to translate names ...

** Changed in: rsync (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  rsyncd.conf man page on numeric ids has incorrect instructions about
  chroot

Status in rsync package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The man page documention (man rsyncd.conf) states:

         numeric ids
                Enabling this parameter disables the mapping of users and groups
                by name for the current daemon module.  This prevents the daemon
                from trying to load any user/group-related files  or  libraries.
                This  enabling  makes  the  transfer behave as if the client had
                passed the --numeric-ids command-line option.  By default,  this
                parameter  is  enabled  for  chroot  modules  and  disabled  for
                non-chroot modules.

                A chroot-enabled module should not have this  parameter  enabled
                unless you’ve taken steps to ensure that the module has the nec‐
                essary resources it needs to translate names, and that it is not
                possible for a user to change those resources.


  "A chroot-enabled module should not have"  should read  "A chroot-
  enabled module should have"  (removed the word 'not') as that is the
  default and expected behavior when chroot is enabled.

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