Over a decade ago, Andrew Tridgell was quoted as saying, “In 50 years’ time, I doubt anyone will have ever heard of Samba, but they’ll probably be using rsync in one way or another.” As one of the ...

If you need to create an rsync backup over ssh, Jack Wallen walks you through the quick and easy process. Linux has all the tools you need to create a simple, automated network backup. Even better, it ...

I am working on a backup method for a few of our linux boxes here and I want to use rsync to mirror htdocs, postgres databases and the like. Now, I can easily run rsync from the prompt and have it ...

I hate to admit it, but I’ve screwed up many times throughout the years when it’s come to using computers. My first big “Oh shi!” moment came when I was about 8-years-old, goofing around on my ...

I was thinking in using rsync to keep some file synched between my RH box at work and this one on my house, using ssh as the transport agent. Thing is, I have to use a non-standard port -8092- so I ...

Last month we covered setting up an rsync server for anonymous access. Listing 1 shows the sample rsyncd.conf file from last month, illustrating some options particularly useful for tightening ...