Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 09:15:59 -0700 (PDT) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: stable@freebsd.org Cc: dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie Subject: Re: rdist and pam Message-ID: <200007271615.JAA23149@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <20000727080437.A5048@walton.maths.tcd.ie> References: <200007270049.KAA24140@lightning.itga.com.au> <20000727080437.A5048@walton.maths.tcd.ie>
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In article <20000727080437.A5048@walton.maths.tcd.ie>, David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 10:49:55AM +1000, Gregory Bond wrote: > > > If you're going to start installing packages, rsync is a much more > > efficient solution than rdist, and rsync-over-ssh works just fine. > > We're working on some patches which makes rdist much faster over > ssh (about four times faster for our local use). Rsync is fine for > some stuff, but it isn't really a replacement for rdist. Some of the > more recent versions of rsync also seem to have problems with some > versions of ssh too. > > (We were going to try to write a rdist/rsync cross but found another > way around the problem). CVSup can also be used for general-purpose mirroring of arbitrary files from one place to another. It preserves hard links, symlinks, device nodes, etc. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence." -- Chögyam Trungpa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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