Robert Larson wrote: > Hello list, > > I am trying to setup a password on my local rsync portage mirror. This is > what I have done thus far: > > On the server: > 1. Added "secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.users" and "auth users = portage" > to /etc/rsyncd.conf in the appropriate places. > 2. Placed "portage:notmypassword" in /etc/rsyncd.users > 3. /etc/init.d/rsyncd restart > > On the client: > 1. Added RSYNC_OPTIONS="--password-file=/etc/portage/rsync.user" > to /etc/make.conf. > 2. Modified SYNC in make.conf to include the user: > SYNC="rsync://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/gentoo-portage" > 3. echo 'notmypassword' >/etc/portage/rsync.user > > Now, I type "emerge --sync" and I get prompted for a password (if I were to > make a guess, it's that the variable "RSYNC_OPTIONS" is not referenced by > portage).
RSYNC_OPTIONS is not currently supported in any release version of portage. > > Am I doing something wrong, or is there another way to do this? > > Thanks, > > Robert Larson
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