One advantage about the standard rsync, is that it supports ssh. Does rsyncd support encryption, and PKI authentication?
Thanks, Brian On 7/13/07, Pradhap Devarajan <pradhap at gmail.com> wrote: > > Brian, > > * You can have multiple entries in /etc/rsyncd.conf like > > [space] > path = /space/docs > comment = Space docs > read only = yes > list = yes > max connections = 50 > lock file = /tmp/rsyncd.lock > > [home] > path = /home > comment =home dir > read only = yes > list = yes > max connections = 50 > lock file = /tmp/rsyncd.lock > > * to list available shares run > ~#rsync rserver:: > space Space docs > home home dir > > * when rsyncd receives a request from client it forks and forked process > dies once it serves the request. At client side user can chose which share > to be sync'ed . > > * Also its good to enable "-z" flag by default which would compress data > and sent across. > > ~ Pradhap.D > > > On 7/13/07, Brian Gupta <brian.gupta at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thank you! I, amoung others, really appreciate it. > > > > One question, could you please give a little background as to the > > advantages of doing this? Also, are there any changes required on the client > > side? (I've never used rsyncd, and I'm probably not the only one.) :) > > > > --brian > > > > On 7/13/07, Pradhap Devarajan < pradhap at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Brian, > > > Added section for running rsync as inetd service and also sample > > > /etc/rsyncd.conf entry. > > > > > > ~ Pradhap.D > > > > > > On 7/12/07, Brian Gupta < brian.gupta at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Quite possibly because it hasn't been moved from CCD to the SFWNV > > > > consolidation yet. (I am not sure if this is the answer, as I am not > > > > 100% up > > > > to date on what utils are where) > > > > > > > > --brian > > > > > > > > On 7/11/07, michelle olson <michelle.olson at sun.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > Cool, thanks for the reply. For mo-3 that is what I meant. But, > > > > > now I > > > > > have a new question about why we don't have a man page for rsync > > > > > :) > > > > > Makes sense about the output example. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Michelle > > > > > > > > > > Brian Gupta wrote: > > > > > > On 7/11/07, *michelle olson* <michelle.olson at sun.com > > > > > > <mailto: michelle.olson at sun.com>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Brian, > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for working on this, very cool! Yes, we can > > > > > definitely link to > > > > > > this from the docs list, where do you think it fits best? > > > > > Here's my > > > > > > review feedback: > > > > > > > > > > > > mo-1 missing closing parentheses on third bullet in section > > > > > 1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Fixed > > > > > > > > > > > > mo-2 Are the last three sections duplicates? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes. Fixed. > > > > > > > > > > > > mo-3 Can you specify the manpage(s) in first sentence of > > > > > Common Flags > > > > > > section? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Fixed, please verify that this is what you want. > > > > > > > > > > > > mo-4 could you give an example without variables that > > > > > includes output? > > > > > > (just nice-to-have) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Umm this is a bit trickier. If you have it on verbose, it spits > > > > > out > > > > > > one line per file/directory... Since the output is very > > > > > > straightforward, I would prefer to skip. If someone else wants > > > > > to add > > > > > > a section for this feel free. (That's the beauty of a wiki) > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks again! > > > > > > Michelle > > > > > > > > > > > > Brian Gupta wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks Eric, I agree with your suggestionis and have made > > > > > the > > > > > > > necessary changes. (I will also include some info on the > > > > > -H > > > > > > option as > > > > > > > Ceri suggested.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 7/11/07, * Eric Armstrong* < Eric.Armstrong at sun.com > > > > > > <mailto:Eric.Armstrong at sun.com> > > > > > > > <mailto: Eric.Armstrong at sun.com <mailto: > > > > > Eric.Armstrong at sun.com>>> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Good writeup. One note: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The admonition at the end to be sure to include the > > > > > final > > > > > > slashes > > > > > > > should be right up at the top, at the end of the Basic > > > > > Syntax > > > > > > > section--and the paragraph in that section should > > > > > include the > > > > > > > terminal slash on the first item, as well as the > > > > > second: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The basic syntax is simple enough. Here's a generic > > > > > example > > > > > > > that synchronizes the contents of a local > > > > > directory > > > > > > > - dirpath/ - with a remote counterpart > > > > > > > ^^^ > > > > > > > - remotehost:/dirpath/ using rsh as the transport > > > > > protocol. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Brian Gupta wrote: > > > > > > > > If people don't have any issues, do we want to link > > > > > to it from > > > > > > > the docs > > > > > > > > section? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 7/11/07, *Brian Gupta* < brian.gupta at gmail.com > > > > > > <mailto: brian.gupta at gmail.com> > > > > > > > <mailto: brian.gupta at gmail.com <mailto:brian.gupta at > > > > > > gmail.com > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > <mailto:brian.gupta at gmail.com > > > > > > <mailto: brian.gupta at gmail.com> <mailto:brian.gupta at > > > > > > gmail.com > > > > > > <mailto:brian.gupta at gmail.com>>>> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/Rsync_on_Solaris_HOWTO > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Brian > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > docs-discuss mailing list > > > > > > > > docs-discuss at opensolaris.org > > > > > > <mailto:docs-discuss at opensolaris.org> > > > > > > <mailto: docs-discuss at opensolaris.org > > > > > > <mailto:docs-discuss at opensolaris.org>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > docs-discuss mailing list > > > > > > > docs-discuss at opensolaris.org <mailto: > > > > > docs-discuss at opensolaris.org> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > docs-discuss mailing list > > > > docs-discuss at opensolaris.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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