anoncvs -- use rsync !
Martin Maechler
Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch>
Thu, 6 Jan 2000 09:41:19 +0100 (MET)
>>>>> "PaulG" == Paul Gilbert <pgilbert@bank-banque-canada.ca> writes:
PaulG> I'm trying to do cvs -d
PaulG> :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.r-project.org:/home/rcvs/src login
PaulG> and I get "authorization failed...rejected access" with the
PaulG> previously advertised password (anoncvs). Has the access been
PaulG> changed or is anyone else having this problem? I'm not very
PaulG> familiar with cvs so I may be making some mistake.
hmm, I thought we finally *didn't* allow anonymous cvs,
{one reason being the log files publicity?},
but rather recommend and advertize rsync (which also works for CRAN, btw).
I have cron jobs calling shell scripts like
#---------------------------------------
RSYNC=/usr/local/bin/rsync
cd /usr/local/app/R/R-devel
$RSYNC -Cuvrlt --delete rsync.r-project.org::r-devel .
cd /usr/local/app/R/R-release-patched
$RSYNC -Cuvrlt --delete rsync.r-project.org::r-release-patched .
#---------------------------------------
rsync is available in Linux ("any newer distribution", probably),
or from
ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/rsync/
Excerpts from its README:
>> WHAT IS RSYNC?
>> --------------
>>
>> rsync is a replacement for rcp that has many more features.
>>
>> rsync uses the "rsync algorithm" which provides a very fast method for
>> bringing remote files into sync. It does this by sending just the
>> differences in the files across the link, without requiring that both
>> sets of files are present at one of the ends of the link beforehand.
>> At first glance this may seem impossible because the calculation of
>> diffs between two files normally requires local access to both
>> files.
>>
>> .....
>>
>> RSYNC SERVERS
>> -------------
>>
>> rsync can also talk to "rsync servers" which can provide anonymous or
>> authenticated rsync. See the rsyncd.conf(5) man page for details on how
>> to setup a rsync server. See the rsync(1) man page for info on how to
>> connect to a rsync server.
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