[gentoo-security] rsync password on local portage mirror

[Robert Larson]

Hello list,

I am trying to setup a password on my local rsync portage mirror.  This is 
what I have done thus far:

On the server:
1.  Added "secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.users" and "auth users = portage" 
to /etc/rsyncd.conf in the appropriate places.
2.  Placed "portage:notmypassword" in /etc/rsyncd.users
3.  /etc/init.d/rsyncd restart

On the client:
1.  Added RSYNC_OPTIONS="--password-file=/etc/portage/rsync.user" 
to /etc/make.conf.
2.  Modified SYNC in make.conf to include the user: 
SYNC="rsync://portage@×××××××××××.local/gentoo-portage"
3.  echo 'notmypassword' >/etc/portage/rsync.user

Now, I type "emerge --sync" and I get prompted for a password (if I were to 
make a guess, it's that the variable "RSYNC_OPTIONS" is not referenced by 
portage).

Am I doing something wrong, or is there another way to do this?

Thanks,

Robert Larson
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