[coldsync-hackers] Re: Real life experiences with netsync (thanks!)

[Alessandro Zummo <azummo-coldsync2 at towertech dot it>]

 On 02-Nov-02 at 10:17:50,
  Andy Mayer <andy@andymayer.net> wrote:


> It seems to me that a project's usefulness is not just about code, but
> also about community support... which you guys seem to be good at. So
> have you considered starting an IRC channel on irc.openprojects.net? (I
> notice that #coldsync is not used).

There's one and i've even used it a couple of times... you might
want to search it in the archive. however, i don't know
how much it's used ;-)

> Incidentally, before posting to the list I made sure that I got Coldsync
> 2.3.1 working with netsync on my Visor and webserver. It was tricky, but
> I managed to configure it to change the default sync dir so that
> coldsync is assigned its own userid, and when a user syncs, his data
> goes into a subdir of that coldsync user's homedir. The biggest problem
> I found was getting the syntax for coldsync.conf and palms correct for
> my  Visor.

I will see if it's possible to put this option in coldsync...

> However, I failed to get Coldsync working with xinetd, but maybe I don't
> need to -- and a looping shell script would be as effective. (I guess I
> ought to try Alex/Rob's daemon patch for that - but is that needed on
> 2.3.1 ?) 

I just managed to get it to work with inetd. The version currently
in the CVS is inetd enabled and the documentation will follow soon.

Don't use a looping script, you may miss some connections.
a looping script, or an entry in your inittab, however, works
quite fine for modem/serial syncs.

If you want to contribute to coldsync you can pick up an item from the TODO
list and send us a patch. Some nice options, like filter_dbs, are still
undocumented but very useful in a networked environment.

-- 

  - alex.



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