Rsync protocol name full path, not a module

Question

Is it possible to name the full path to source directory in rsync command instead of the name of the module?

For example:

rsync -av rsync://10.171.73.23/home/user/work/tests .

instead of:

rsync -av rsync://10.171.73.23/ftp/work/tests .

(ftp is a module from /etc/rsyncd.conf)

When trying the first version I get @ERROR: Unknown module 'home'

François Feugeas · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-19 18:00:03Z

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No, you can't do that using the rsync protocol ; it relies on modules to define access rights. You could do it through SSH though :

rsync -av [email protected]:/home/user/work/tests .

answered Jan 18, 2011 at 16:55

François Feugeas

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