Re: Using rsync to mirror debian
Philip Hands wrote:
> You need to get your firewall admin to allow outbound masquerading of
> rsync connections, probably, but all this is very dependent on your
> exact firewall setup.
Ok, I have not a very deep knowledge of proxies. Will ask the firewall admin.
>
> > The numeric address of some ftp mirror could help (a.e. ftp.debian.org).
>
> I doubt it, but just in case, its: 216.66.54.50
It does not work. I cannot ping it. I did try to add a route, with no more
success
(answer is "SIOCADDRT: network not available)
> I do think you're missing something fairly basic about the way you
> local network is set up though, so you are asking the wrong question,
> which is why I had trouble answering it.
>
> You need to find someone that understands the firewall and DNS setup
> at your site, and talk to them about what you want to do.
> Unless you're copying CDs from the debian sites, you won't see a great
> benefit from using rsync anyway. If you're mirroring the archive, you
> would probably be better off using a squid cache, and not bothering
> with a mirror.
Do not know the "squid cache". I will look for it.
About the interest of the local mirror: it is used to maintain some Debian
machines on the intranet of my org,
and to keep a copy for home use (some, quite less, machines). You see, just to
spare some bw.
I want to try either rsync, mirror or apt-move as an alternative to lftp.
As rsync is recommended by Debian (and used by apt-move), I choosed to try it
first.
I was pleased to read your answer and will keep you informed,
Gaetan A.
P.S.:
When I try mailing to "debian-user@lists.debian.org", I got an "undelivered
email" error:
"Your message cannot be delivered to the recipient because his/her mail box
storage limit has exceeded."
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