ok we use a template for the download servers and not for the rest

roles/rsyncd/tasks/main.yml

@@ -25,24 +25,26 @@
   - rsyncd
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21
 
-# - name: rsyncd.conf file
-#   copy: src={{ item }} dest=/etc/rsyncd.conf mode=0644
-#   with_first_found:
-#     - "{{ rsyncd_conf }}"
-#     - rsyncd.conf.{{ inventory_hostname }}
-#     - rsyncd.conf.{{ host_group }}
-#     - rsyncd.conf.{{ rsync_group }}
-#     - rsyncd.conf.default
-#   notify:
-#   - restart xinetd
-#   tags:
-#   - config
-#   - rsyncd
+- name: rsyncd.conf file
+  copy: src={{ item }} dest=/etc/rsyncd.conf mode=0644
+  with_first_found:
+    - "{{ rsyncd_conf }}"
+    - rsyncd.conf.{{ inventory_hostname }}
+    - rsyncd.conf.{{ host_group }}
+    - rsyncd.conf.{{ rsync_group }}
+    - rsyncd.conf.default
+  when: "'download' not in group_names"
+  notify:
+  - restart xinetd
+  tags:
+  - config
+  - rsyncd
 
 - name: rsyncd.conf file
   template: src=rsyncd.conf.download.j2 dest=/etc/rsyncd.conf mode=0644
   notify:
   - restart xinetd
+  when: "'download' in group_names"
   tags:
   - config
   - rsyncd