Hello: I wondering why there is no such local backup feature in DataProtection/Rsync. Feature descibe: Add local path mode for Rsync Task feature. [1] Reason for this sugest: Cron jon can’t recognized as backup task. Install rsyncd localy with module is overhead My work around is setup a c…

I’m confused, why would rsyncd want/need “filesystem” access? What’s wrong with mounts? Common language: on a server/NAS your typically “pulling” (from your laptop) and (assumption) you’d have datasets for the server/NAS to pull to.

[image] John: I’m confused, why would rsyncd want/need “filesystem” access? What’s wrong with mounts? Agreed. Same with NFS (which is insecure by default). I think an upcoming version of SCALE is also going offer NFS as an “app” to harden the NAS’s security. Just mount as needed for directori…

No. There are no plans to make the NFS server an app, and I don’t understand the justification for doing such.

[image] awalkerix: …make the NFS server an app, and I don’t understand the justification for doing such. I believe the point was: removing a “built-in”. Like if someone were to try and remove Vi from base. -i.e. Even though rsync isn’t really a ‘built-in’ it is relied on by many as it were. T…

I was being tongue-in-cheek. They cited security reasons for the removal of the Rsync Service in SCALE. Then later, it’s offered as an app, which makes it more secure. Yet NFS gets a free pass? By default it has unhindered access to the entire filesystem. (No need to mount/bind anything in order t…

So, I’ll attempt to not sound like a complete idiot, but I cannot promise anything because this is not my area (this is above my paygrade). “Individual software security policies” are the issue and is what I think they are talking about. Think: OpenBSD and ‘pledge’. Reference/example: capsicum(4) …

[image] winnielinnie: Yet NFS gets a free pass? It’s also part of the kernel.

I periodically use external drives via USB to backup files. I don’t always need to replicate a dataset, so it would be handy to be able to set an rsync task up in the GUI instead of running a fancy script I have now.

Maybe support local target rsync?

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MRi March 13, 2025, 7:39am 31

Only way is to use CLI and call rsync that way. I’ve opened a Feature Request here Rsync Task should allow local 2 local synchronisation ( Local Destination Target ) - Feature Requests - TrueNAS Community Forums

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Maybe support local target rsync?

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