With the power of rsync, it’s quite easy to accidentally erase, overwrite, or otherwise destroy your data with one slip of the keys. Even if you supply the right switches, you might leave off a slash or put one where it doesn’t belong.

Csync is a bidirectional file synchronization tool. The developer’s main purpose for csync is to implement roaming home directories for Linux clients using a central file server using PAM to synchronize when the user logs in and out. Instead of being it’s own protocol, by default using port 873 or whatever, it can use other protocols such as http, smb, or sftp so there is no need for a server component. Though I wonder how it compares in the nitty-gritty performance aspects which really matter when synchronizing lots of data over the Internet.

Yes, I know this is ancient stuff, but I have no choice but to mess with it right now.  Old ultrasparc garbage, weeee!  So here goes the installation of some ‘modern day’ packages so I can work with this old box.  (It hasn’t been touched since 2002, ouch)
First you’ll need …

I don’t understand why some people think this is a complicated thing to set up, so here goes my approach which I think is the easiest method.  Perhaps you’re behind a very restrictive corporate firewall or you want to conserve bandwidth when you’re setting up several machines.  You can set …