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Subject: [resolved] Rsync (daemon) cannot see loopback connections IP address  as "127.0.0.1"
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cuicui a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to use rsync over SSH without the "-e ssh" option. The idea 
> is to make rsync --daemon bind on the loopback on the Cygwin box and to 
> connect to this box with a tunnel:
> 
> ssh -L 873:localhost:873 user AT cygwin_box
> 
> On the Cygwin Box, the file /etc/rsync.conf contains:
> 
> [d_drive]
>         read only = yes
>         path = /cygdrive/d/
>         hosts allow = 127.0.0.1
> 
> To backup the Cygwin box, this simple command should do the trick:
> 
> rsync -avz localhost::d_drive /path
> 
> This is a simple use of a SSH tunnel.
> 
> Unfortunately, on the cygwin box, rsync sees the loopback connection 
> (from the SSH tunnel) from its own public IP address instead of 
> "127.0.0.1".
> 
> So the /etc/rsync.conf should be:
> 
> [d_drive]
>         read only = yes
>         path = /cygdrive/d/
>         hosts allow = <real_IP_address_instead_of_loopback_address>
> 
> It works but I'd like to backup a lot of Cygwin boxes and having to fill 
> the "hosts allow" line with a non-generic static value is quite disturbing.
> 
> How can I make rsync seeing local/tunnel connections as "127.0.0.1"?

Mmmm, my SSH tunnel wasn't good, I did:

ssh -L 873:cygwin_box:873 user AT cygwin_box instead of

ssh -L 873:localhost:873 user AT cygwin_box

Sorry about that, problem solved.

Nicolas

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