[wellylug] Using rsync

[David Antliff]

On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, Jethro Carr wrote:

> On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 11:53, David Antliff wrote:
>> On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, Jamie Dobbs wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> When I use the command: "rsync -rv rsync://192.168.0.3/jedolinux/ .", I
>>>
>>> Try the command:
>>>
>>> rsync -rv 192.168.0.3::jedolinux/ .
>>>
>>> and see if that works, I've had some issues with rsync in the past and
>>> have found that this command structure usually works for me.
>>
>> Any reason why you are using rsync in client-server mode? I always use
>> rsync over ssh (kinda point-to-point) these days...
>>
>> rsync -e ssh ....
>
> I've used rsync over ssh with no problem to backup my laptop. :-)
>
>
> However, this server is to be used by portage, so from my understanding
> it needs to be a client/server relationship - no authentication, just
> read only public access.

Ah, actually, that is one case where i use rsyncd - I have a similar setup 
for syncing my gentoo boxes to one tree. Also, check out flybynite's 
ebuild for http-replicator if you haven't already ;)

-- 
David.