[gentoo-user] Syncing Directories between 2 Linux boxes

[gentoo-user] Syncing Directories between 2 Linux boxes

[Timothy A. Holmes]

Hi folks:

I have brought my new Gentoo File server online over the weekend, and I am in the process of getting things set up. I have bumped into one situation that I could really use some help with. Please bear with me as a bit of explaination will be necessary.

Our school website is hosted on our webserver (192.168.0.29) in /var/www/mca0506/htdocs the site is created with Macromedia Dreamweaver (I know I know....)  and the teachers edit it using Macromedia Contribute.  This is important because, Dreamweaver makes changes to my local files (which are on 192.168.0.4/data/website/mca0506) and Contribute makes its changes directly on the live site on the main webserver.  What I need is a way to sync the two bi-directionally.  As I create pages etc, those changes would need to go up to the site, and as the teachers update their sites etc, those changes would need to be synced back to my local files, both so that I can 
 
Timothy A. Holmes
IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher
 
Medina Christian Academy
A Higher Standard...
 
Jeremiah 33:3
Jeremiah 29:11
Esther 4:14
 


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Re: [gentoo-user] Syncing Directories between 2 Linux boxes

[darren kirby]

quoth the Timothy A. Holmes:
> Hi folks:

> Our school website is hosted on our webserver (192.168.0.29) in
> /var/www/mca0506/htdocs the site is created with Macromedia Dreamweaver (I
> know I know....)  and the teachers edit it using Macromedia Contribute. 
> This is important because, Dreamweaver makes changes to my local files
> (which are on 192.168.0.4/data/website/mca0506) and Contribute makes its
> changes directly on the live site on the main webserver.  What I need is a
> way to sync the two bi-directionally.  As I create pages etc, those changes
> would need to go up to the site, and as the teachers update their sites
> etc, those changes would need to be synced back to my local files, both so
> that I can

Did you have more to add there? Anyway, my first thought is to use rsync, the 
same tool that syncs your local and the main portage tree. The problem is the 
bidirectionality of it. If there is a certain time of day that the teachers 
are doing their thing, then you could sync your copy after (or before) the 
time of day you know they will be working. If you need real-time updates this 
may not work. 

A better solution may be to either mount your copy or the master server's copy 
with NFS. That way, you will all be operating on the same files...but they 
will appear local to all concerned.

If you are doing some testing/development on your copies that you don't want 
on the live server then this may not be suitable...

-d
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Re: [gentoo-user] Syncing Directories between 2 Linux boxes

[Raymond Lewis Rebbeck]

On Sunday 17 September 2006 22:19, Timothy A. Holmes wrote:
> Hi folks:
>
> I have brought my new Gentoo File server online over the weekend, and I am
> in the process of getting things set up. I have bumped into one situation
> that I could really use some help with. Please bear with me as a bit of
> explaination will be necessary.
>
> Our school website is hosted on our webserver (192.168.0.29) in
> /var/www/mca0506/htdocs the site is created with Macromedia Dreamweaver (I
> know I know....)  and the teachers edit it using Macromedia Contribute. 
> This is important because, Dreamweaver makes changes to my local files
> (which are on 192.168.0.4/data/website/mca0506) and Contribute makes its
> changes directly on the live site on the main webserver.  What I need is a
> way to sync the two bi-directionally.  As I create pages etc, those changes
> would need to go up to the site, and as the teachers update their sites
> etc, those changes would need to be synced back to my local files, both so
> that I can
>
> Timothy A. Holmes
> IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher
>
> Medina Christian Academy
> A Higher Standard...
>
> Jeremiah 33:3
> Jeremiah 29:11
> Esther 4:14

net-misc/unison might be what you're looking for.

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