/etc/rsyncd.conf

(Using cobbler 2.0.11, downloaded from epel, on RHEL 5.6) I'm trying for the first time to use "cobbler replicate" on a potential slave machine to fetch files from a cobbler master. It fails quickly with various "rsync" errors. Although the server end permits rsync to be spawned as an xinetd daemon, the server has no "/etc/rsyncd.conf". I've found a file called "/etc/cobbler/rsync.template", which looks promising, and when I simply copy that into place as"/etc/rsyncd.conf" things looks much healthier. Two things: 1. I suggest there is a bug: shouldn't there be something on the master, either during installation or at each "cobbler sync", that creates this file? 2. The template file on the master contains: #for repo in $repos: [repo-$repo] path = $webdir/repo_mirror/$repo comment = Cobbler Repo $repo #end for and a similar-looking "distro" clause. These look as though they need unrolling (as part of the installation or "cobbler sync", as above) into the final "/etc/rsyncd.conf". Is there a command I can run that will take the template as input, unpack those loop-looking things, and produce the final file as output? -- : David Lee : ECMWF (Data Handling System) : Shinfield Park : Reading RG2 9AX : Berkshire : : tel: +44-118-9499 362 : email: david.lee(a)ecmwf.int