from what I'm reading, it would seem the rsync server is far easier to setup. I'm trying to do rsync server before I try to muck with RSA keys and ssh stuff that people are throwing at me.
thanks, David --- David Rasch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2004-01-04 at 17:43, Turnpike Man wrote: > > What's the difference between what I'm trying and having an rsync server? > I > > want to be able to use the data on both sides of the sync. The source data > is > > where data will be changed, added, deleted, etc. The end side, the data > will > > simply be used as it is. For example, foo contains my music folders, and > poo > > will contain a backup of my music folders. poo will also run icecast and > use > > the backup copy of the music folders as its source files for streaming. > > > An rsync server is useful if you're interested in mirroring data. > Mainly in the "one source"->"many targets" scenario. For instance, > gentoo distributes its package ebuilds (instructions for building all > the packages) via the rsync server. They have a server setup which > allows you to update your local package database based on their server. > This is one rsync server for many users to update from. In this case, > you're doing more of a "one"->"one" transfer, thus using an existing > service (ssh), and not introducing another service to maintain makes the > most sense. > > David > > ATTACHMENT part 1.2 application/pgp-signature name=signature.asc > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 http://search.yahoo.com/top2003 -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
