From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 21 17:42:23 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 21 17:42:19 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from slarti.muc.de (slarti.muc.de [193.149.48.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 526B737B400 for ; Thu, 21 Dec 2000 17:42:18 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 16691 invoked from network); 22 Dec 2000 01:42:15 -0000 Received: from jhs.muc.de (193.149.49.84) by slarti.muc.de with SMTP; 22 Dec 2000 01:42:15 -0000 Received: from park.jhs.private (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jhs.muc.de (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id eBM1iBp10489; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 01:44:11 GMT (envelope-from jhs@park.jhs.private) Message-Id: <200012220144.eBM1iBp10489@jhs.muc.de> To: Brooks Davis Cc: Wes Peters , Mike Nowlin , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, jhs@jhs.muc.de Subject: Re: keeping lots of systems all the same... In-Reply-To: Message from Brooks Davis of "Thu, 21 Dec 2000 09:43:01 PST." <20001221094301.C1391@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 02:44:11 +0100 From: "Julian Stacey Jhs@jhs.muc.de" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG No one I noticed yet mentioned ports/net/rsync as an alternative to src/usr.bin/rdist & ports/net/rdist6 for "keeping lots of systems all the same" but as I too use rdist I can't tell more on rsync. BTW I use rdist for maintaing - site wide common trees in a /site/ tree of etc usr overlay stuff reached from real /etc & /usr trees via relative (no rooted) sym links - my off site web directories - my laptop PS make damn sure you always back up the right way, easily said, but easy to get wrong, especially with a cron driven rdist, that can zap your laptop or tower in the wrong direction. EG on return from a business trip a cron driven backup of tower to laptop is a disaster ;-) Julian - Julian Stacey Unix Consultant - Munich Germany http://bim.bsn.com/~jhs/ Considering Linux ? Try FreeBSD with its 4200 packages ! Ihr Rauchen => mein allergischer Kopfschmerz ! Kau/Schnupftabak probieren ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message