rsync connection refused (111)

[Clint Tinsley]

> I found I needed to edit rsync in /etc/default as well.

I wish these configuration files were documented somewhere.  I don't see any references to the etc/default directory in the Ubuntu Server Guide for Dapper and even googling didn't turn up much.  Thanks for the note.
 
> On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 20:23 -0700, Clint Tinsley wrote:
> 
> > > When I try to rsync to it I am getting a "failed to connect to 
> > > [ipaddress]: Connnection Refused (111)"  I am trying to rsync > 
> > between two computers on the same network.  I did this a few days 
> > > ago with a different distribution which had other issues but it 
> > did > work without any difficulties from the machine where I am 
> > now > getting the connection refused message on.  I am fairly > 
> > knowledgeable in setting up rsync and I can't seem to figure out 
> > > why this setup isn't working. Is there any default security 
> > that I > am missing in Ubuntu Server that I am missing that might 
> > be > blocking the rsync ports?
> >
> > Never mind.  I just got it working.
> >
> > Either the rsync --daemon wasn't starting although I had rebooted 
> > the computer a few times and everytime, I saw where it was 
> > shutting rsync down.  I started it manually with rsync -daemon 
> > (no error or complaint) so it is very likely that the inetd.conf 
> > entry is wrong. I also stripped out some not really needed 
> > entries in my rsyncd.conf file so there might have been something 
> > there but I don't think so.
> >
> > Clint
> >
> >
> 
> Kind Regards Russell
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