Using Rsync to Sync Between Windows and Linux

[seuzy13]

I'm having some problems finding a good walkthrough for this. I have Cygwin installed on Windows (with rsync), and I have a configuration file on Linux for the daemon. Basically, I just copied it from the tutorial on everythinglinux.com--which doesn't explain everything very well--and modified it a little.

motd file = /etc/rsyncd.motd
log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log
pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid
lock file = /var/run/rsync.lock

[simple_path_name]
path = My home directory
comment = Rsync server
uid = nobody
gid = nobody
read only = no
list = yes
secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.scrt
hosts allow = My Windows IP address

rsyncd.scrt reads as follows:
MyLinuxUsername=Password

The tutorial didn't really say what to do with that, so I took a guess. Anyway, rsyncing doesn't work, because when I enter my password it says "permission denied," even though it should be the right password.

I don't know a lot about what I'm doing, so feel free to explain things to me like I don't know what I'm doing.

[funkydan2]

In my password file, the username and password are seperated by a colon ( not an equals sign.

Also, the secrets file needs to be readable only by the root user, so you might need to
'sudo chmod 600 /etc/rsyncd.scrt'