Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 09:00:16 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: Lachlan Cranswick <l.m.d.cranswick@dl.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Querying on mirroring FreeBSD Web and FTP sites in UK academic site. Message-ID: <19990923090016.C33739@florence.pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19990923021508.006c2f88@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> References: <2.2.32.19990923021508.006c2f88@mserv1.dl.ac.uk>
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Hi, It would be great to have you on board - why not join the UK mailing list as we can discuss the finer points there. http://listserver.uk.freebsd.org Rgds, Joe (joe@uk.freebsd.org) On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 03:15:08AM +0100, Lachlan Cranswick wrote: > > Hi, > > To promote FreeBSD around here for hacker resistant servers (crystallographic > and scientific labs mainly) I would like to create a mirror of the FreeBSD > web and ftp sites. (my server at the moment is an SGI running IRIX 6.5.x) > freebsd.ccp14.ac.uk (also aliased to freebsd.dl.ac.uk) > > I have found the web-based mirrored information but cannot > seem to find the ftp based mirroring information. Is doing > FTP based mirroring of the FTP site considered sociable or > is there a page describing this as well? > > -------- > > Also: > > Would it be possible that the Website (and hopefully the > FTP site) could also be mirrorable using the RSYNC program > which only needs a C compiler to get going. (My web-server > at the moment is an SGI O2 and previous experiences > with Modula and IRIX have not been positive) > > Rsync was written by Andrew Tridgell and Paul Mackerras - of > which the algorithm seems to be used in CVSup. It can be > tunnelled through secure shell, have host/deny, etc. > http://rsync.samba.org/ > Also, possible flawed install runthrough at: > http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/ccp14admin/rsync/ > > Allowing rsync based mirroring could make it easier for non > Modula types to also be mirroring the FreeBSD distributions. > > Thanks, > > Lachlan. > > PS: Have written some pages on FreeBSD at: > Creating Highly Secure Crystallographic network/internet > servers using the freely available BSD UNIX(s) for PC > http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/solution/bsdunix/ > The FreeBSD install and configuration is definitely top stuff > compared to other UNIXs. > > Lachlan M. D. Cranswick > > Collaborative Computational Project No 14 (CCP14) > for Single Crystal and Powder Diffraction > Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, WA4 4AD U.K > Tel: +44-1925-603703 Fax: +44-1925-603124 > E-mail: l.cranswick@dl.ac.uk Ext: 3703 Room C14 > http://www.ccp14.ac.uk > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Josef Karthauser FreeBSD: How many times have you booted today? Technical Manager Viagra for your server (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@uk.freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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