Commit a1e0e45e authored by David Dykstra's avatar David Dykstra

Indicate that the exclude options in rsyncd.conf only apply when receiving

files to a server and not when sending files to it.
parent 54170a08
......@@ -173,12 +173,12 @@ was run as root. This complements the "uid" option. The default is gid -2,
which is normally the group "nobody".
dit(bf(exclude)) The "exclude" option allows you to specify a space
separated list of patterns to add to the exclude list. This is
equivalent to the client specifying these patterns with the --exclude
option except that the exclude list is not passed to the client and
thus only apply on the server. Only one "exclude" option may be
specified, but you can use "-" and "+" before patterns to specify
exclude/include.
separated list of patterns to add to the exclude list. This is equivalent
to the client specifying these patterns with the --exclude option, except
that the exclude list is not passed to the client and thus only applies on
the server and also only applies when receiving files from a server and not
when sending files to it. Only one "exclude" option may be specified, but
you can use "-" and "+" before patterns to specify exclude/include.
Note that this option is not designed with strong security in
mind, it is quite possible that a client may find a way to bypass this
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