Folder Synchronization

[Justin Willmert]

I see how this would be useful to many, but the specifics I specified 
don't quite match (Sorry if I'm sounding really picky). The main problem 
with this is that there isn't an automatic synchronization or 
integration into the file system feature.

Though, on the other hand, there might be a way to expand upon rsync 
using rsync as the actual file handling/transfer agent, but building a 
frontend that integrates into the Linux and does what I've asked for. 
Anybody have comments to that?

Thanks,
Justin

Rick Stevens wrote:

> Justin Willmert wrote:
>
>> I am looking for a utility that will allow me to synchronize folders 
>> between my laptop, and my server where my documents are stored. 
>> Currently I am NFS, but please allow me to elaborate why this is not 
>> my ideal solution.
>>
>> For the first reason, my dad is a bit paranoid when it comes to 
>> security (I am only 15, so all equipment but my laptop are 
>> technically his).  He doesn't know about what I am doing to my server 
>> 99% of the time, but I'd like to be able to assure him that I am as 
>> secure as I can be. Therein lies my problem: I've had to open up 5 
>> ports on my firewall (to only the internal network, so that's is a 
>> good thing) just to get NFS to work.
>
>
> Have a look at the man pages for rsync.  That's how all of the wonderful
> Fedora repositories synchronize, and it only needs one port open on the
> firewall.  In fact, it can be tunneled through ssh for extra security.
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