Re: [coldsync-hackers] Network Hotsyncs?

[Jeff Hoover <jeffh@infotechfl.com>]

At 05:56 PM 12/7/2001, you wrote:
>         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.

NIS or LDAP would be great!

>         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).

I will try this.

> > 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).

Nope.  Just following one of the examples.  Assuming I use "sync", what 
should I set it to?

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

I actually caught that after I sent the message when my logs filled 
up.  Thanks though.

> > }
> >
> > conduit sync {
> >          path: [generic];
> >          type: */*;
> >          default;
> > }
>
>         If this is your only conduit, you can omit it.

It is for now.  Eventually I will be syncing the datebook with MySQL, which 
is why I need Coldsync : )

> > ###  End of File  ###
> >
> >
> > 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".

Man I'm glad I asked for help and someone was nice enough to respond!  With 
all the mistakes I made it would have been a while before I got this thing 
running.  I assume I should set this to sync's UID.


Thanks a bunch Andrew for sending me down the right path.

-- Jeff Hoover

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