[KLUG Members] help with rsync

[Adam Williams]

>>I'm trying to setup rsync to backup the /warehouse directory on comA to a 
>>local /warehouse. I have tried the following command from the man page as 
>>root, but I get permission denied.  I believe I need to be root since the 
>>files are owned by multiple users, don't I? What is the best way to do 
>>this and not break security? 
>>rsync -avz --delete comA:/warehouse/ /warehouse
>rsync -avz --delete [this runs as remote root@]comA:/warehouse/ /warehouse
>Is root a valid remote user for your rsynch user?

A presentation on rsync would be nice.

Has anyone used this to sync between a laptop (/home/awilliam) and a 
workstation/server (/home/awilliam)?  

Or how do people manage files when using both a laptop and a desktop?  

I read an article about GFS awhile back,  but that looks like it still 
involves kernel patching.