Explain a bit more what to do in the rsync-comes-from-cygwin case - #11
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opeongo
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| You will need to start a 'cmd' window as the administrator. | ||
| The commands you will need to run will look something like this: | ||
| ``` | ||
| c:\ cygrunsrv --intall 'rsyncd' --path /usr/bin/rsync \ |
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A few typos here. --intall should be --install. --auth should be --auto.
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| --desc 'Starts an rsync daemon listening for incoming connections' | ||
| c:\ net start rsyncd | ||
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I would also help to mention that the rsyncd.conf file must be installed in the expected location (/etc/rsyncd.conf), and the rsyncd.secrets file is also required. And that the ssh and host keys should be set up to the account that will be making contact.
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I would have found this text helpful as I had installed cygwin well before discovering this project and was loath to uninstall it.