Re: [coldsync-hackers] Network Hotsyncs?

[Andrew Arensburger <arensb+CShackers@ooblick.com>]

On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Jeff Hoover wrote:
> I was wondering if someone could help me set up coldsync on a Red Hat 7.1
> machine so it accepts network hotsyncs from other unix and windows
> machines?  Is this even possible?

	It should be possible, but may be buggy.

> I have a local account on the machine
> with coldsync, but not all the other users do.  Can it use NIS data for the
> /usr/local/etc/palms file, or do the other users need local accounts as well?

	Eventually, I'd like for it to be possible to store the
/usr/local/etc/palms information in NIS, or Hesiod, or what have you, but
those aren't supported yet.
	If the other users don't have accounts on the server, then your
best bet is to set up a dedicated account without a password, just for
syncing; call it 'sync'. Then set the local user to "sync" for all PDAs
(though you can use different config files).

> My /usr/local/etc/coldsync.conf:
>
> listen net {
> }
>
> pda "Jeffh Palm" {
>          snum: "";

	Are you sure this is right? IIRC the only PDA for which this is
valid is the PalmPilot(Pro).

>          directory: "/home/jeffh/.palm";
>          userid: 505;
>          default

	Missing semicolon.

> }
>
> conduit sync {
>          path: [generic];
>          type: */*;
>          default;
> }

	If this is your only conduit, you can omit it.

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>
>
> My /usr/local/etc/palms:
>
> |Jeff Hoover|jeffh|jeffh||

	The user ID is numeric. If your pda{} block above is correct, the
first "jeffh" should be "505".

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