[KLUG Members] help with rsync

[Bruce Smith]

> A presentation on rsync would be nice.

That's debatable.   :-)

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

I never used rsync on Linux, but I've used it on HPUX.

Unless it's changed in recent versions, rsync uses the "r" protocol, and
you have to enable the "r" commands and allow them access from root.
(rcp, rsh, ...)

VERY INSECURE.  Not something to enable on an insecure network!

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

The hard way.  :-(

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


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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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