rsync (ssh) a fedora mirror

[Les Mikesell]

On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 07:47, Yang Xiao wrote:
> > 
> > Some mirrors allow rsync access by running rsync
> > in daemon mode instead of under rsh or ssh. 

> Unless you can persuade someone on the mirror server to issue you
> either an account or a ssh key, forget it.

No, many sites that have anonymous ftp access also
allow anonymous rsync because it is much more efficient,
but you have to use the '::' syntax to tell your
rsync client to use the right mode instead of trying
to start rsh or ssh.

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  Les Mikesell
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