[gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[Peter Humphrey]

Hello again list,

Will someone who knows please tell me what permissions I need to give the 
/usr/portage tree for http-replicator to manage it? I've started with chown -R 
portage:portage /usr/portage but that may not be ideal.

TIA

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Rgds
Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[Dale]

Peter Humphrey wrote:
> Hello again list,
>
> Will someone who knows please tell me what permissions I need to give the
> /usr/portage tree for http-replicator to manage it? I've started with chown -R
> portage:portage /usr/portage but that may not be ideal.
>
> TIA
>
>    

This is mine:

drwxr-xr-x 163 root  root   4096 Apr  3 21:01 portage

My distfiles directory is this:

drwxrwsr-x    4 root portage 40960 Apr  3 22:22 distfiles

I don't recall ever having permission problems for this tho.  The 
service starts as root I think.

Hope that helps.

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[William Kenworthy]

On Mon, 2011-04-04 at 16:22 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> Hello again list,
> 
> Will someone who knows please tell me what permissions I need to give the 
> /usr/portage tree for http-replicator to manage it? I've started with chown -R 
> portage:portage /usr/portage but that may not be ideal.
> 
> TIA
> 

I dont think http-replicator can manage a directory structure - are you
trying to do something fancier than just serving out tarballs?

BillK

Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[Peter Humphrey]

On Monday 04 April 2011 19:12:03 William Kenworthy wrote:

> I dont think http-replicator can manage a directory structure - are you
> trying to do something fancier than just serving out tarballs?

Yes; I want it to mirror my portage tree and serve it to other boxes on the LAN. 
It used to do this well enough; I just want to get the permissions right.

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Rgds
Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[KH]

Am 04.04.2011 21:30, schrieb Peter Humphrey:
> On Monday 04 April 2011 19:12:03 William Kenworthy wrote:
> 
>> I dont think http-replicator can manage a directory structure - are you
>> trying to do something fancier than just serving out tarballs?
> 
> Yes; I want it to mirror my portage tree and serve it to other boxes on the LAN. 
> It used to do this well enough; I just want to get the permissions right.

Hi,

why not using the handbook-way?
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/rsync.xml#doc_chap2
I am doing it that way.

Regards KH
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Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[Jake Moe]

On 04/05/11 18:14, KH wrote:
> Am 04.04.2011 21:30, schrieb Peter Humphrey:
>> On Monday 04 April 2011 19:12:03 William Kenworthy wrote:
>>
>>> I dont think http-replicator can manage a directory structure - are you
>>> trying to do something fancier than just serving out tarballs?
>> Yes; I want it to mirror my portage tree and serve it to other boxes on the LAN. 
>> It used to do this well enough; I just want to get the permissions right.
> Hi,
>
> why not using the handbook-way?
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/rsync.xml#doc_chap2
> I am doing it that way.
>
> Regards KH
+1

I've got four boxes in my home network, and I have one pull down the
updates, the other three sync with that one.

I've also set up proftpd to allow anonymous read-only access to my
/usr/portage/distfiles folder, so the other three can try to pull their
packages from locally first as well, and if that box hasn't downloaded
it yet, only then will they try to retrieve it from the Internet.  See
http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/HOWTO_Setup_local_Portage_and_Package_Mirror
for info.

Jake Moe

Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[KH]

Am 05.04.2011 11:46, schrieb Jake Moe:
> On 04/05/11 18:14, KH wrote:
>> Am 04.04.2011 21:30, schrieb Peter Humphrey:
>>> On Monday 04 April 2011 19:12:03 William Kenworthy wrote:
>>>
>>>> I dont think http-replicator can manage a directory structure - are you
>>>> trying to do something fancier than just serving out tarballs?
>>> Yes; I want it to mirror my portage tree and serve it to other boxes on the LAN. 
>>> It used to do this well enough; I just want to get the permissions right.
>> Hi,
>>
>> why not using the handbook-way?
>> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/rsync.xml#doc_chap2
>> I am doing it that way.
>>
>> Regards KH
> +1
> 
> I've got four boxes in my home network, and I have one pull down the
> updates, the other three sync with that one.
> 
> I've also set up proftpd to allow anonymous read-only access to my
> /usr/portage/distfiles folder, so the other three can try to pull their
> packages from locally first as well, and if that box hasn't downloaded
> it yet, only then will they try to retrieve it from the Internet.  See
> http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/HOWTO_Setup_local_Portage_and_Package_Mirror
> for info.
> 
> Jake Moe

Hi Jake Moe,

for the distfiles http-replicator is great. Example:
Box one has the tarball. Box 2, 3 and 4 can download it as well. Box one
does not have the tarball. Box 2 may search for it, box one will
download it and give it to box 2. Then box 3 and 4 can download it from
box one as well.

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Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[Jake Moe]

On 04/05/11 19:53, KH wrote:
> Am 05.04.2011 11:46, schrieb Jake Moe:
>> On 04/05/11 18:14, KH wrote:
>>> Am 04.04.2011 21:30, schrieb Peter Humphrey:
>>>> On Monday 04 April 2011 19:12:03 William Kenworthy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I dont think http-replicator can manage a directory structure - are you
>>>>> trying to do something fancier than just serving out tarballs?
>>>> Yes; I want it to mirror my portage tree and serve it to other boxes on the LAN. 
>>>> It used to do this well enough; I just want to get the permissions right.
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> why not using the handbook-way?
>>> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/rsync.xml#doc_chap2
>>> I am doing it that way.
>>>
>>> Regards KH
>> +1
>>
>> I've got four boxes in my home network, and I have one pull down the
>> updates, the other three sync with that one.
>>
>> I've also set up proftpd to allow anonymous read-only access to my
>> /usr/portage/distfiles folder, so the other three can try to pull their
>> packages from locally first as well, and if that box hasn't downloaded
>> it yet, only then will they try to retrieve it from the Internet.  See
>> http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/HOWTO_Setup_local_Portage_and_Package_Mirror
>> for info.
>>
>> Jake Moe
> Hi Jake Moe,
>
> for the distfiles http-replicator is great. Example:
> Box one has the tarball. Box 2, 3 and 4 can download it as well. Box one
> does not have the tarball. Box 2 may search for it, box one will
> download it and give it to box 2. Then box 3 and 4 can download it from
> box one as well.
>
> Regards KH
Well, I suppose I'll have to look into that then, won't I?  Thanks for
the info.

Jake Moe

Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:38:06 +1000, Jake Moe wrote:

> > for the distfiles http-replicator is great. Example:
> > Box one has the tarball. Box 2, 3 and 4 can download it as well. Box
> > one does not have the tarball. Box 2 may search for it, box one will
> > download it and give it to box 2. Then box 3 and 4 can download it
> > from box one as well.

> Well, I suppose I'll have to look into that then, won't I?  Thanks for
> the info.

Alternatively, use an NFS mount as $DISTDIR and you don't end up with
copies of the tarballs on every machine on the network.


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troublesome. - Isaac Asimov

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Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[Dale]

Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:38:06 +1000, Jake Moe wrote:
>
>    
>>> for the distfiles http-replicator is great. Example:
>>> Box one has the tarball. Box 2, 3 and 4 can download it as well. Box
>>> one does not have the tarball. Box 2 may search for it, box one will
>>> download it and give it to box 2. Then box 3 and 4 can download it
>>> from box one as well.
>>>        
>    
>> Well, I suppose I'll have to look into that then, won't I?  Thanks for
>> the info.
>>      
> Alternatively, use an NFS mount as $DISTDIR and you don't end up with
> copies of the tarballs on every machine on the network.
>
>    

I did that once and I don't recall having any problems.  I had 4 rigs 
plus a really slow dial-up connection.  When I found out about 
http-replicator and rsync, I started using it.  I couldn't tell any 
difference tho.

If you do use NFS, I think you have to run emerge --metadata on the 
secondary machines.  That may have changed since it has been a while.

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:48:50 -0500, Dale wrote:

> > Alternatively, use an NFS mount as $DISTDIR and you don't end up with
> > copies of the tarballs on every machine on the network.

> I did that once and I don't recall having any problems.  I had 4 rigs 
> plus a really slow dial-up connection.  When I found out about 
> http-replicator and rsync, I started using it.  I couldn't tell any 
> difference tho.
> 
> If you do use NFS, I think you have to run emerge --metadata on the 
> secondary machines.  That may have changed since it has been a while.

You may do if you put $PORTDIR on NFS, but I am only sharing $DISTDIR.


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Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[Dale]

Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:48:50 -0500, Dale wrote:
>
>    
>>> Alternatively, use an NFS mount as $DISTDIR and you don't end up with
>>> copies of the tarballs on every machine on the network.
>>>        
>    
>> I did that once and I don't recall having any problems.  I had 4 rigs
>> plus a really slow dial-up connection.  When I found out about
>> http-replicator and rsync, I started using it.  I couldn't tell any
>> difference tho.
>>
>> If you do use NFS, I think you have to run emerge --metadata on the
>> secondary machines.  That may have changed since it has been a while.
>>      
> You may do if you put $PORTDIR on NFS, but I am only sharing $DISTDIR.
>
>
>    


I cheated and just shared /usrportage, distfiles and all.  I wasn't to 
clear on what I was doing in my reply up there.

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:26:22 -0500, Dale wrote:

> > You may do if you put $PORTDIR on NFS, but I am only sharing $DISTDIR.

> I cheated and just shared /usrportage, distfiles and all.  I wasn't to 
> clear on what I was doing in my reply up there.

Even $PKGDIR? That's not a good idea unless you have identical hardware
and USE flags.


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Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[Gregory Fontenele]

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how it came out of that list?

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 18:38, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:26:22 -0500, Dale wrote:
>
> > > You may do if you put $PORTDIR on NFS, but I am only sharing $DISTDIR.
>
> > I cheated and just shared /usrportage, distfiles and all.  I wasn't to
> > clear on what I was doing in my reply up there.
>
> Even $PKGDIR? That's not a good idea unless you have identical hardware
> and USE flags.
>
>
> --
> Neil Bothwick
>
> When told the reason for Daylight Saving time the old Indian said...
> "Only a white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a
> blanket And sew it to the bottom of a blanket and have a longer blanket."
>



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Gregory Fontenele

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Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[Dale]

Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:26:22 -0500, Dale wrote:
>
>    
>>> You may do if you put $PORTDIR on NFS, but I am only sharing $DISTDIR.
>>>        
>    
>> I cheated and just shared /usrportage, distfiles and all.  I wasn't to
>> clear on what I was doing in my reply up there.
>>      
> Even $PKGDIR? That's not a good idea unless you have identical hardware
> and USE flags.
>
>    

I didn't save those back then.  I very rarely use the -K option anyway.  
I build them now but I only used it once in the past couple years.  It's 
like having backups, you hope you never need them but knowing you have 
it sure does make one feel better.  ;-)

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[Gregory Fontenele]

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how it came out of that list?

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 19:16, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:

> Neil Bothwick wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:26:22 -0500, Dale wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> You may do if you put $PORTDIR on NFS, but I am only sharing $DISTDIR.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>> I cheated and just shared /usrportage, distfiles and all.  I wasn't to
>>> clear on what I was doing in my reply up there.
>>>
>>>
>> Even $PKGDIR? That's not a good idea unless you have identical hardware
>> and USE flags.
>>
>>
>>
>
> I didn't save those back then.  I very rarely use the -K option anyway.  I
> build them now but I only used it once in the past couple years.  It's like
> having backups, you hope you never need them but knowing you have it sure
> does make one feel better.  ;-)
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>
>


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Gregory Fontenele

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Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[Dale]

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Gregory Fontenele wrote:
> how it came out of that list?
>
>
> -- 
> Atenciosamente,
> Gregory Fontenele

Are you on a loop or something?  Same post to several threads now.  
What's up?

Dale

:-)  :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[KH]

Am 06.04.2011 01:09, schrieb Dale:
> Gregory Fontenele wrote:
>> how it came out of that list?
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Atenciosamente,
>> Gregory Fontenele
> 
> Are you on a loop or something?  Same post to several threads now. 
> What's up?
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-)

well, it is differnt this time. I allready missed the emails with only
"unsubscribe" in it ;-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:16:58 -0500, Dale wrote:

> > Even $PKGDIR? That's not a good idea unless you have identical
> > hardware and USE flags.

> I didn't save those back then.  I very rarely use the -K option
> anyway. I build them now but I only used it once in the past couple
> years.  It's like having backups, you hope you never need them but
> knowing you have it sure does make one feel better.  ;-)

Knowing I have them but they've been overwritten by packages for
different hardware wouldn't make me feel that much better :(


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Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[Dale]

Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:16:58 -0500, Dale wrote:
>
>    
>>> Even $PKGDIR? That's not a good idea unless you have identical
>>> hardware and USE flags.
>>>        
>    
>> I didn't save those back then.  I very rarely use the -K option
>> anyway. I build them now but I only used it once in the past couple
>> years.  It's like having backups, you hope you never need them but
>> knowing you have it sure does make one feel better.  ;-)
>>      
> Knowing I have them but they've been overwritten by packages for
> different hardware wouldn't make me feel that much better :(
>
>    

I'm not being clear enough again.  Back then, I didn't save the binaries 
so that wouldn't be a problem.  I'm not even sure portage kept them back 
then to be honest.  They may have but that was a looong time ago.  Now, 
I save them but I use rsync for the tree and http-rep* for the 
distfiles.  So, each rig has its own set of binaries and that solves 
that problem.

Make sense?  I hope my new meds get settled in soon.  lol

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[Peter Humphrey]

On Tuesday 05 April 2011 22:38:56 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:26:22 -0500, Dale wrote:
> > > You may do if you put $PORTDIR on NFS, but I am only sharing $DISTDIR.
> > 
> > I cheated and just shared /usrportage, distfiles and all.  I wasn't to
> > clear on what I was doing in my reply up there.
> 
> Even $PKGDIR? That's not a good idea unless you have identical hardware
> and USE flags.

But didn't you say the other day that you do nfs-mount the target's $PKGDIR on 
the host?

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Rgds
Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Wed, 6 Apr 2011 12:38:21 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:

> > > I cheated and just shared /usrportage, distfiles and all.  I wasn't
> > > to clear on what I was doing in my reply up there.  
> > 
> > Even $PKGDIR? That's not a good idea unless you have identical
> > hardware and USE flags.  
> 
> But didn't you say the other day that you do nfs-mount the target's
> $PKGDIR on the host?

Yes, but a separate PGKDIR for each host. I don't just export $PORTDIR
and leave PKGDIR in there.


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Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator permissions

[Dale]

Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Apr 2011 12:38:21 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
>
>    
>>>> I cheated and just shared /usrportage, distfiles and all.  I wasn't
>>>> to clear on what I was doing in my reply up there.
>>>>          
>>> Even $PKGDIR? That's not a good idea unless you have identical
>>> hardware and USE flags.
>>>        
>> But didn't you say the other day that you do nfs-mount the target's
>> $PKGDIR on the host?
>>      
> Yes, but a separate PGKDIR for each host. I don't just export $PORTDIR
> and leave PKGDIR in there.
>
>
>    


If I recall correctly, you can just change the PKGDIR setting in 
make.conf to another location and then share /usr/portage the way I used 
to.  I was wanting to hit the tab key to let it fill in portage.  lol  
I'm used to tab completion but it don't work in emails.  ;-)

Since http-replicator and rsync can be used and is so easy to set up, I 
would just use that if possible.  There may be exceptions to that tho.

Dale

:-)  :-)