Have you tried SystemImager?
http://systemimager.sourceforge.net/
It's based on rsync and is designed to do just what you described.
-Brian
Thus spake Christian Boesch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> i want to use rsync to maintain 30 linux workstations in a lab.
> therefore i have the rsync server running in daemon mode
> with this rsyncd.conf file:
> [test]
> uid=nobody
> gid=nobody
> path=/
> exclude=/home /proc
> use chroot=no
> max connections=5
> lock file=/etc/rsync/rsync.log
> list=yes
> hosts allow=193.170.103.0/25
>
>
> on the clients i start the rsync process as following:
> rsync -auzq --delete --password-file /etc/rsync/password [EMAIL PROTECTED]::test /
>
> this works quite well but the --delete option has no effect.
> the files that are not existing on the sending side are not deleted on the client?
> has anyone an idea why?
> thanks
> chris
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