RSYNC and Cygwin: @ERROR auth failed on module

[Anuja Doshi]

Hello,

I'm a student trying to get rsync working correctly on
my WinXP machine.
My rsync server works perfectly through cygwin.

BUT, when I try to add authentication, I get the message:
@ERROR auth failed on module Mobilesync
rsync connection unexpectedly closed (94 bytes read so far)
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at
tmp/rsync-2.5.6/io.c(165)

This is the command which causes the message:
rsync -Ppvtl rsync://***@littledoshi.mit.edu/Mobilesync/Test1.txt .
(i get the same error even without the "mobile@"

This is my rsyncd.conf:
*******
use chroot = false
strict modes = false

[Mobilesync]

path = /cygdrive/c/cygwin/var/mobilesync
comment = Mobilesync Test Directory
read only = false
auth users = mobile
secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets

*****
and my rsyncd.secrets:

mobile:sync

I've tried all the suggestions posted to others in usegroups.
Nothing works. Suggestions?

THANKS,
Anuja Doshi

[c***@users.sourceforge.net]

Post by Anuja Doshi
I'm a student trying to get rsync working correctly on
my WinXP machine.
My rsync server works perfectly through cygwin.
@ERROR auth failed on module Mobilesync
rsync connection unexpectedly closed (94 bytes read so far)
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at
tmp/rsync-2.5.6/io.c(165)
*******
use chroot = false
strict modes = false
[Mobilesync]
path = /cygdrive/c/cygwin/var/mobilesync
comment = Mobilesync Test Directory
read only = false
auth users = mobile
secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets
*****
mobile:sync

One thing to check (other than double-checking that the path name
/etc/rsyncd.secrets isn't really something else like /etc/rsync.secrets)
is to make sure you have a newline at the end of the last line of your
rsyncd.secrets file. Rsync ignores the last line if it is not newline
terminated. You can use od -c to make sure.

Also, if that's the real module name, username or password I recommend
you change all of them immediately.

Craig