On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 06:54:24PM +0000, Maharajan M wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm newbie for rsync and sorry if this questions are already posted in this
> list.
>
> 1) I don't have the root privilage for two unix machines and I wanna mirror 2GB
> of sources between them
> through very slow internet link.
>
> Whether I need to start rsync server or call rsync directly. Which one is
> faster?
Should make no difference in speed.
> If I have to start rsync server, then in which machine I have to start
> and without having root access.
You can start in either one, but I think it is better to pull than push.
You can run without root by using --port to choose an unprivileged port and
"use chroot = no" in the rsyncd.conf.
> If i have to run rsync directly, ie rsync [loacaldir] [remote m/c:remotedir],
> what are the options I have to
> use for faster transfer.
Use -z for a slow link.
> 2) Assume that the internet link is down inbetween, how can i setup rsync, so
> that it will automatically resume once the link is up.
Run it periodically from cron, or run it in a while loop while it returns
an error code.
- Dave Dykstra
