I see how this would be useful to many, but the specifics I specified
don't quite match (Sorry if I'm sounding really picky). The main problem
with this is that there isn't an automatic synchronization or
integration into the file system feature.
Though, on the other hand, there might be a way to expand upon rsync
using rsync as the actual file handling/transfer agent, but building a
frontend that integrates into the Linux and does what I've asked for.
Anybody have comments to that?
Thanks,
Justin
Rick Stevens wrote:
Justin Willmert wrote:
I am looking for a utility that will allow me to synchronize folders
between my laptop, and my server where my documents are stored.
Currently I am NFS, but please allow me to elaborate why this is not
my ideal solution.
For the first reason, my dad is a bit paranoid when it comes to
security (I am only 15, so all equipment but my laptop are
technically his). He doesn't know about what I am doing to my server
99% of the time, but I'd like to be able to assure him that I am as
secure as I can be. Therein lies my problem: I've had to open up 5
ports on my firewall (to only the internal network, so that's is a
good thing) just to get NFS to work.
Have a look at the man pages for rsync. That's how all of the wonderful
Fedora repositories synchronize, and it only needs one port open on the
firewall. In fact, it can be tunneled through ssh for extra security.
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