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Server

/etc/rsyncd.conf

gid = users
uid = root
read only = true
use chroot = true
transfer logging = true
log format = %h %o %f %l %b
log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log
hosts allow = 192.0.2.1

[Example]
       path = /home/Example
       comment = An Example
       auth users = user
       secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets

[Test]
        path = /var/somewhere
        auth users = user
        secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets

/etc/rsyncd.secrets

# user:passwd
user:plaintextpasswd

chmod 700 /etc/rsyncd.secrets

Call: rsyncd --daemon

Client

cd /srv/ftp
rsync -n -a --exclude "foo/**" --delete --stats -Pv -r user@host.example.com::Test .

-n test, don't do anything
-a archive: copy all rights
--exclude do not copy this pattern and do not change on local side
--delete delete everything on the local side, that didn't exists on the remote side
--stats -Pv beautify output
-r copy recursively
user@... remote: user, host, module
. local: destination directory

Sync Script

cd /
for dir in /var/www /home /opt; do
  echo Syncing $dir
  rsync -Pv -ar --del host.example.com:$dir/ $dir/
done