Rsync auth failed message

[marcusman]

Folks I'm having a strange issue that I'm looking for help with. I'm trying to rsync files from a ubuntu server to NAS4free using the Service|Rsync|Client.
When I use this command ssh'd into NAS4free from my mac ( rsync -avr mallen@xxx.xxx.x::ubuntu ~/test ) all my files are copied correctly, however if I use the GUI client I get this error message

2013/01/21 19:17:32 [36474] Welcome to my Ubuntu server please enjoy
2013/01/21 19:17:32 [36474]
2013/01/21 19:17:32 [36474] @ERROR: auth failed on module ubuntu
2013/01/21 19:17:32 [36474] rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at main.c(1536) [Receiver=3.0.9]

Any idea what is going wrong? The message in my Ubuntu server logs is this:
2013/01/21 19:36:37 [1851] connect from nas4free.local (192.xxx.x.xx)
2013/01/21 19:36:37 [1851] auth failed on module ubuntu from nas4free.local (xxx.xxx.x.xx): password mismatch

I've setup keyless entry into my Ubuntu server from NAS4free
Here's my Ubuntu rysnc file:

motd file = /etc/rsyncd.motd
log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log

[ubuntu]
path = /home/me
comment = This is the path to folder on the server
uid = me
gid = me
read only = false
auth users = me
secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.scrt
---------------------------------------------------------------
secrets file content = me:xxxxx

And finally settings from NAS4free
Remote module (source) Remote address Local share (destination) Who Description
ubuntu ubuntu.local /mnt/pool1/media/ me

[al562]

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When I use this command ssh'd into NAS4free from my mac ( rsync -avr mallen@xxx.xxx.x::ubuntu ~/test ) all my files are copied correctly,

OK, so everything is setup properly on the NAS4Free server and the shell/CLI command from your MAC client works fine.

however if I use the GUI client I get this error message

You have a GUI rsync client on your Mac? What GUI client? I'm not sure I understand.

What server are these errors from?

2013/01/21 19:17:32 [36474] Welcome to my Ubuntu server please enjoy
2013/01/21 19:17:32 [36474]
2013/01/21 19:17:32 [36474] @ERROR: auth failed on module ubuntu
2013/01/21 19:17:32 [36474] rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at main.c(1536) [Receiver=3.0.9]

Any idea what is going wrong? The message in my Ubuntu server logs is this:
2013/01/21 19:36:37 [1851] connect from nas4free.local (192.xxx.x.xx)
2013/01/21 19:36:37 [1851] auth failed on module ubuntu from nas4free.local (xxx.xxx.x.xx): password mismatch

You haven't setup authentication properly, if you had Ubuntu would not claim a password mismatch, this is pretty clear.

I've setup keyless entry into my Ubuntu server from NAS4free

Don't you mean password-less or key authentication? If not, please explain what "keyless entry" means.
I see no mention of key files or their locations, it looks to me like you are setting up automatic password login. If that's the case then it seems from the error that the password given by NAS4Free is being rejected by Ubuntu. Check your settings and configuration and try again. Please post here again if you have further information or questions on this issue.

Regards,
Al

[marcusman]

Yes I meant password-less or key authentication. I'm new to all of this and new to posting on boards. Forgive me.
Anyway I'm still looking into this. Something strange is going on for sure. I agree with your statement "You haven't setup authentication properly, if you had Ubuntu would not claim a password mismatch, this is pretty clear." Yes this is 100% true. Somehow my password-less access isn't working anymore I can get Rsync to work via Nas4free's GUI just fine as long as I don't have a password setup on ubuntu. I'm still working on this and will post again later