rsyncd.service fails to start with the message "Unit rsyncd.service not found."

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • On RHEL8, unable to start rsyncd.service using systemctl start rsyncd while rsync package has been installed.

    # systemctl start rsyncd
Failed to start rsyncd.service: Unit rsyncd.service not found.

# systemctl enable rsyncd
Failed to enable unit: Unit file rsyncd.service does not exist.

  • Where is rsyncd.service unit ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9
  • rsync

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