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Date:      Thu, 6 Feb 2003 16:32:40 +0000
From:      Chris Howells <chris@chrishowells.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Creating a Mirror of my own site
Message-ID:  <200302061632.40041.chris@chrishowells.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <AHEIILGEKKDBDBDILICLEEHNCBAA.matt@mattwinslow.com>
References:  <AHEIILGEKKDBDBDILICLEEHNCBAA.matt@mattwinslow.com>

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Hi,

On Thursday 06 February 2003 04:34, Matt Winslow wrote:
> I'm trying to run dual servers (for redundancy...and just to learn), and
> need help on easy ways to maintain a second server, that will perfectly
> mirror the data on the first.  Is using rsync running every minute a good

rsync isn't a bad choice, you could possibly CVS, though CVS isn't great wi=
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binary files. Though presumably if you're mainly mirroring config files tha=
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Why every minute though? Every hour sounds better, with the possibility of =
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manually updating if needed.

> option?  Are there better ones?  Also, how do I set the second server to
> use the passwords/permissons from the main server.

NIS is the usual way to share accounts of UNIX systems.

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Cheers, Chris Howells -- chris@chrishowells.co.uk, howells@kde.org
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