Launching rsync daemon via launchd on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

With the release of Tiger, Apple have introduced a new way of launching daemons on startup: launchd. In many ways, launchd is similar to the inetd system on Linux: one central system looks after launching and closing several daemons.

To get the rsync daemon up and running on Tiger, just drop the following config file into your /Library/LaunchDaemons/ directory and reboot your machine.

Download rsync.plist. (Control-click and 'Save Linked File to Desktop').

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rsync.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>Disabled</key>
        <false/>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>rsync</string>
        <key>Program</key>
        <string>/usr/bin/rsync</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>/usr/bin/rsync</string>
                <string>--daemon</string>
        </array>
        <key>inetdCompatibility</key>
        <dict>
                <key>Wait</key>
                <false/>
        </dict>
                <key>Sockets</key>
                <dict>
                        <key>Listeners</key>
                        <dict>
                                <key>SockServiceName</key>
                                <string>rsync</string>
                                <key>SockType</key>
                                <string>stream</string>
                        </dict>
                </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

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