Hi Mike, thanks for the information. Yam seems to be great. However, it actually still doesn't solve my first problem since its first choice is rsync, which mean that I still need to use ssh in fact. It seems to support lftp so if I can socksify lftp, I should be able to get my mirror. Alain --- Mike Ramirez <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 04:00, alain volmat wrote: > > I'm trying to use rsync over ssh to synchronise my > > server with one of fedora mirror. > > The problem is very simple actually, I'm being > asked > > for a password (ssh password on the fedora > mirror), > > which of course I don't have. > > My question is: are there any "anonymous" ssh > > rsync fedora mirror that I could use ? > > Or maybe I just miss some important point > concerning > > ssh ... > > > > I know that my problem would be solved by just > using > > rsync over rsh, but I have no choice but to use a > > socksified ssh. > > > > Alain > > > > > > > Yam may be the answer here as it uses rsync by > default and mirrors > several servers beyond the core and updates > including freshrpms extras, > dags, dries, and newrpms. I have been using it to > keep a mirror for my > local network. You won't have to do anything but > run "yam -uxg" to > mirror the servers. you can get it at > > http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/yam/ > > By default it will download rpms for both i386 and > x86_64 arch types. If > you don't need one or the other just remove it from > the /etc/yam.conf > > Unless you need to change your www dir you shouldn't > need to change > anything else. But below is a copy of the > /etc/yam.conf file for yam .5, > with a a description of each option. > > Just so you guys know it can also mirrors servers > for Tao, CentOS, > Whitebox, RHEL (Support for rhn is planned for the > future), and SuSE. > > > > [main] > srcdir=/var/yam <-- where the files are stored it > symlinks them to the > wwwdir > wwwdir=/var/www/yam <-- the www dir for your hhtpd > server > createrepo=no <-- leave it as default > arch=i386 <--Default arch type. The one specified > below will overide > this setting > > [fc2] > release=2 <-- version of release > arch=i386 x86_64 <-- just edit this as needed. > tag=fc2 rhfc2 <-- rpm os tag > iso=FC$release-$arch-disc?.iso <-- if you don't > have the iso its ok > leave it default > ####List of servers to mirror > core=rsync://ayo.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/pub/freshrpms/ayo/fedora/linux/$release/$arch/RPMS.$repo/ > updates=rsync://ayo.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/pub/freshrpms/ayo/fedora/linux/$release/$arch/RPMS.$repo/ > dag=rsync://apt.sw.be/pub/freshrpms/pub/dag/fedora/$release/en/$arch/RPMS.$repo/ > dries=rsync://apt.sw.be/pub/freshrpms/pub/dag/dries/fedora/linux/$release/$arch/RPMS.$repo/ > freshrpms=rsync://ayo.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/pub/freshrpms/ayo/fedora/linux/$release/$arch/RPMS.$repo/ > newrpms=rsync://newrpms.sunsite.dk/projects/newrpms/www/htdocs/apt/redhat/en/$arch/fc$release/RPMS.$repo/ > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
