Date: 26 Jul 2000 23:48:21 +0200 From: Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@citeweb.net> To: Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rdist and pam Message-ID: <ittsa7h6.fsf@gits.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Vivek Khera's message of "Wed, 26 Jul 2000 10:21:44 -0400 (EDT)" References: <200007251902.MAA18524@freeway.dcfinc.com> <4s5delst.fsf@gits.dyndns.org> <14718.62456.823138.807215@onceler.kcilink.com>
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Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com> writes: > >>>>> "CL" == Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@citeweb.net> writes: > > CL> "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> writes: > >> As I recall, Vivek Khera wrote: > >> > Use rdist6 (from ports) with SSH as your transport. You'll need to > >> > install rdist6 on each system. > >> > >> If you've got SSH built, you could use scp (secure copy). It's > >> easier to use than rdist. You use it just like rcp, except it uses > >> SHH for a secure connection. > > CL> what about symlinks ? are they followed or copied ? > > rdist makes the symlinks. it duplicates your entire directory tree, > including hard links. I'm asking about scp which seems to be similar to rcp which is buggy about symlinks (and even hardlinks I guess). Cyrille. -- home: mailto:clefevre@citeweb.net work: mailto:Cyrille.Lefevre@edf.fr To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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