From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 15 20:18:14 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98A63470 for ; Tue, 15 Oct 2013 20:18:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aimass@yabarana.com) Received: from mail-pa0-f43.google.com (mail-pa0-f43.google.com [209.85.220.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 730F22542 for ; Tue, 15 Oct 2013 20:18:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pa0-f43.google.com with SMTP id hz1so9579088pad.2 for ; Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:18:08 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=JAX00/8Sxfd00gyy+hzXVwIwvkTNvrnYh12gH6ru9Hs=; b=mdIdoTXQi2t2z1ALkbG3mJXMJZnXayM2CzRNlxb2dpHQJqMR6UM+5xFJO57YgyGdzG MqCdBCQgyOd4nOid8S6fFzP9AimudlkB9/9vCx6sXrNOxMHcrGvEUQQV7ia6oE7mWh4N eeu/a3GS474VRa+uAakkQkZx6dOKpQjRUz43xB7RGfNf/ciwR9DjoXQWeCdY8+lgqY4a c9QZpN1GCawEAmp0/alj9VXvoMM0PEXTGWR8RnPiocDrudSEQWF4+wq8GXJ+pwQa+8wV yQ8nRDUAZaoBl93XGhH/mis7utrMB0qLqgRM/fEA1CXm44HBTRZLbmgMpOr2sXK/rEhN wc4A== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQk5QHhdYdOqcb/NmTOn7prazm7H6jqdJrecoYYmxKyV4H5HW/zri7cseq0o4WPMoRE7X8a/ MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.68.178.229 with SMTP id db5mr33070236pbc.5.1381868288470; Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:18:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.240.5 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:18:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20131015194632.GB1705@treefort> References: <86li1uzi1l.fsf@gly.ath.cx> <20131015194632.GB1705@treefort> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:18:08 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Dropbox alternative From: Alejandro Imass To: Aymeric Mansoux Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 20:18:14 -0000 On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Aymeric Mansoux wrote: > Joseph Mingrone said : >> yudi v writes: >> >> > Is there a dropbox alternative for use within LAN? I would like to keep my >> > files synched across all my personal devices without having to place a copy >> > on an external party's server. >> >> The ports net/unison or net/unison-nox11 might fit the bill. > > +1 > > I have been using unison for a while over ssh and it works flawlessly > and is incredibly fast. The downsides are the necessary star network > topology (I wish btsync was free software) and the lack of mobile > gadgets clients (you can sync using unison on Android from a Debian > chrooted/overlayed installation if you are OK to not sync some info like > file ownership, but that's quite tedious to setup and use). OK, so question: is anyone using it with FreeNAS (e.g. http://socalfreenet.org/freenas) ?? If it really works with FreeNAS would be an effective DropBox replacement including the cloud portion. Best, -- Alejandro Imass