From: <cba...@us...> - 2004-01-28 17:44:08
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Tim Uckun writes: > BTW when I looked at the XferLOG.bad I found that rsync was running > with --server --sender options. I could not find any documentation at all > on these flags and I was curious as to how they worked. The --server and --sender flags are internal to rsync. After rsync starts, it starts the remote end. The --server and --sender flags are used to tell the remote end what to do. > Usually when I have used rsync I have always done a "pull" in that I run > rysnc on the local machine to connect to a remote machine and pull the data > across. This application works in "push" mode where the rsync command is > run on the remote machine (the client). > > The reason I ask is that it would be easier to configure a firewall to > permit traffic going out rather then coming in. Yes, currently BackupPC does a server pull. A client push is possible, but it would take a good deal of effort to develop. Craig |