Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 03:15:08 +0100 From: Lachlan Cranswick <l.m.d.cranswick@dl.ac.uk> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Querying on mirroring FreeBSD Web and FTP sites in UK academic site. Message-ID: <2.2.32.19990923021508.006c2f88@mserv1.dl.ac.uk>
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Hi, To promote FreeBSD around here for hacker resistant servers (crystallographic and scientific labs mainly) I would like to create a mirror of the FreeBSD web and ftp sites. (my server at the moment is an SGI running IRIX 6.5.x) freebsd.ccp14.ac.uk (also aliased to freebsd.dl.ac.uk) I have found the web-based mirrored information but cannot seem to find the ftp based mirroring information. Is doing FTP based mirroring of the FTP site considered sociable or is there a page describing this as well? -------- Also: Would it be possible that the Website (and hopefully the FTP site) could also be mirrorable using the RSYNC program which only needs a C compiler to get going. (My web-server at the moment is an SGI O2 and previous experiences with Modula and IRIX have not been positive) Rsync was written by Andrew Tridgell and Paul Mackerras - of which the algorithm seems to be used in CVSup. It can be tunnelled through secure shell, have host/deny, etc. http://rsync.samba.org/ Also, possible flawed install runthrough at: http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/ccp14admin/rsync/ Allowing rsync based mirroring could make it easier for non Modula types to also be mirroring the FreeBSD distributions. Thanks, Lachlan. PS: Have written some pages on FreeBSD at: Creating Highly Secure Crystallographic network/internet servers using the freely available BSD UNIX(s) for PC http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/solution/bsdunix/ The FreeBSD install and configuration is definitely top stuff compared to other UNIXs. Lachlan M. D. Cranswick Collaborative Computational Project No 14 (CCP14) for Single Crystal and Powder Diffraction Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, WA4 4AD U.K Tel: +44-1925-603703 Fax: +44-1925-603124 E-mail: l.cranswick@dl.ac.uk Ext: 3703 Room C14 http://www.ccp14.ac.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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