How To Install rsync-daemon on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsync-daemon on Rocky Linux 8.
What is rsync-daemon
Rsync can be used to offer read only access to anonymous clients. This package provides the anonymous rsync service.
We can use yum or dnf to install rsync-daemon on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rsync-daemon.
Install rsync-daemon on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install rsync-daemon using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rsync-daemon
Install rsync-daemon on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install rsync-daemon using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rsync-daemon
How To Uninstall rsync-daemon on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the rsync-daemon package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rsync-daemon
rsync-daemon Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/rsyncd.conf
/etc/sysconfig/rsyncd
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rsyncd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rsyncd.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/share/man/man5/rsyncd.conf.5.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsync-daemon on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.