Synch file with Unison on remote server

["Mirco Piccin" <pictux@gmail.com>]

Hi all.
I'm doing for my wife a simple script to backup her files.
I've already done a scheduled script that create a .tar, mount  a remote fs (smbmount) and move it there.
But it takes many minutes to tar all, every day.

So i think to use Unison (it copy only last modified or new files) with the remote server.
First, i try to use Unison directly with the server, but it wants the same version both on client and in the server.

So i decide to procede in this way:
- smbmount / sshfs remote folder;
- unison all the files;

And i'd like to do a procedure that my wife can launch by a menu entry (not shell for her!!).

The first problem founded: 
smbmount not works well (it does not permit to chown/chmod  remote file - i don't know why) and unison failed;

The second problem founded: 
sshfs works great, but wait for user password - is not possible to pass it as a parameter.

I think i will use sshfs, but: 
how can i pass password as parameter to sshfs 
without wait for user input??

Thanks to all!

On 4/19/07, Hans du Plooy <koffiejunkielistlurker@koffiejunkie.za.net> wrote:

Hi guys,

I am using two 19" LCD screens on a Radeon 7000 card, using the radeon
driver (not fglrx, it does not support this card).  I have it set up using
MergedFB which gives me one big desktop that is 3D accelerated too.

I have WindowsXP running in VMware for some testing, and I'd like to get
it full screen on one screen.  But when I make it full screens, it takes
over both screens, and just draws it desktop down the middel of the big
desktop (half half over each LCD screen).

OK, I'll use rdesktop to get into it.  Tried that: rdesktop -f make one
enormous desktop accross both screens - just like my linux desktop.

Now this is where I would normally stop thinking it can't be done without
changing my xorg setup, but if I play a movie with mplayer in full screen,
it goes fullscreen on only one screen.  I can specify -vo x11 or -vo xv
they all do the same.

So is there a way to restrict one application to only one physical screen?

Thanks
Hans


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