Syncing Linux FS to Windows
Ed Greshko
Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Fri Mar 25 03:48:42 UTC 2005
Tobias Speckbacher wrote:
> You could install cygwin and use rsync.
> seems to be an rsync day today :)
And as recently pointed out....
You can simply smbmount the XP file system locally and use rsync without
the need for cygwin. Yes?
>
> -T
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Brian D. McGrew
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 6:08 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Syncing Linux FS to Windows
>
>
> At work I have my XP Pro box that works fine complete with my personal
> My Documents folder and all is controlled by a 2000 Domain Controller
> running Active Directory. We have three T1's at work.
>
> At home I've got a few Windows boxes controlled by my Linux box using
> Samba. All the Windows boxes think that the Linux box is a NT server
> and Windows is quite happy with the roaming profiles that I've setup and
> remote shares. I have a cable modem at home pull an average of 4MB
> down.
>
> What I want to be able to do is sync My Documents from the Windows box
> at work onto the Linux box at home on an hourly bi-daily basis. Of
> course to get all the data home initially I could create a zip file but
> then to keep everything updated is another story.
>
> What would you guys recommend for this? And of course I have full
> access to the network at work from home.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -brian
>
> Brian D. McGrew { brian at doubledimension.com ||
> brian at visionpro.com }
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