Re: Should no-tweak mode become the default?

2008-05-10 Thread Carl E. Thompson
Original Message Subject: Re: Should no-tweak mode become the default? From: Paul Slootman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: rsync@lists.samba.org Date: 05/10/2008 12:04 PM > ... > My two cents... > A backup system should at the least ensure that the last version is > correct. If it has

Re: Should no-tweak mode become the default?

2008-05-10 Thread Carl E. Thompson
Original Message Subject: Re: Should no-tweak mode become the default? From: Wayne Davison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Matt McCutchen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 05/09/2008 11:25 PM > On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 09:34:07PM -0400, Matt McCutchen wrote: >> This is to continue my discussion

Re: [Possible SPAM]:Re: Patch to not modify files in place unless "--inplace" option specified

2008-05-08 Thread Carl E. Thompson
Wayne Davison wrote: > On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 06:25:36PM -0700, Carl E. Thompson wrote: > >> This patch causes rsync to honor the absence of the "--inplace" option >> for permission, owner and group changes. >> > > Unfortunately, that's not w

Patch to not modify files in place unless "--inplace" option specified

2008-05-07 Thread Carl E. Thompson
he backups. It does not require any changes to the configuration or use of the clients, server or backup system to achieve this benefit. *I do not mean to imply by this that *chroot()*, particularly the way it's used by rsync, is more than trivial protection but it can help make things a little safer. T

Re: How to specify "--link-dest" on server (rsyncd.conf)?

2008-04-29 Thread Carl E. Thompson
.samba.org/archive/rsync/2007-December/019470.html> comes > to my mind which deals with a situation similar to yours (if I haven't > misread your description): rsync daemon on server, no changes on > clients, > clients "push" backups to server, server handles snapshots

Re: How to specify "--link-dest" on server (rsyncd.conf)?

2008-04-29 Thread Carl E. Thompson
issue? Please steer me in the right direction if there is anything I'm doing wrong with my request. Any type of acknowledgment at all would be appreciated! Thank you, Carl Thompson Carl E. Thompson wrote: > Hello, > > This is my first post to the list. > > Is it possi

How to specify "--link-dest" on server (rsyncd.conf)?

2008-04-20 Thread Carl E. Thompson
Hello, This is my first post to the list. Is it possible to specify the --link-dest option server-side in the rsyncd.conf file? What I'd like to do is implement incremental snapshot backups without having to change the clients which all just do regular dumps to the rsync server. I'd like