rsync-backup.{in,8}: New option to set the remote user name.

[rsync-backup] / rsync-backup.8

diff --git a/rsync-backup.8 b/rsync-backup.8
index 714b63fc99e4088e236d995e0bfe7400ffed755a..053a4c3ae8d038fc5827bd400583f72d55b5e106 100644 (file)
--- a/rsync-backup.8
+++ b/rsync-backup.8
@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ will avoid inefficient and pointless messing about
 in this case.
 This command clears the
 .B like
 in this case.
 This command clears the
 .B like

-list, and resets the retention policy to its default (i.e., the to
+list, the remote
+.B user
+name, and resets the retention policy to its default (i.e., the to

 policy defined prior to the first
 .B host
 command).
 policy defined prior to the first
 .B host
 command).


@@ -251,6 +253,15 @@ for subsequent backups.  Some snapshot types require additional
 arguments, which may be supplied here.  This command clears the
 .B retry
 counter.
 arguments, which may be supplied here.  This command clears the
 .B retry
 counter.

+.TP
+.BI "user " name
+Specify the user name on the remote host.  Without this, calls to
+.BR ssh (1)
+and
+.BR rsync (1)
+won't specify any user name, so the default (probably from the
+.BR ssh_config (5)
+file) will apply.

 .SS Configuration variables
 The following shell variables may be overridden by the configuration
 file.
 .SS Configuration variables
 The following shell variables may be overridden by the configuration
 file.