[pmwiki-users] syncing pmwiki with local installation (OSX)

[Dieter Wirz]

Hi
I agree, if you have a linux server, then rsync  might be a possibility!
Ask google for "rsync ssh no password" and you will find eg this site:
https://blogs.oracle.com/jkini/entry/how_to_scp_scp_and
If you then run something like:
rsync --rsh=ssh -abv user at server:/home/me/pathtowiki/ /Users/me/pathtowiki/
Principally you can run this both ways....

But:
The main problem are most probably the owner rights of the files, that
are changed if you do it this way, and finally you will end up in a
mess, because the files created by the webserver belong to the
webserver - eg the files in upload and wiki.d. The webserver-user is
called www-data on debian systems, _www (note the underscore) on macs,
both have no home and no password, therefore it would be a terrible
and insecure hack to rsync or scp as user _www to
www-data at server:/pathtowiki/

And, don't try this on your existing pmwiki, you might loose all your data....

On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Peter Bowers <pbowers at pobox.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Chris Lott <chris at chrislott.org> wrote:
>>
>> I'd like to have a two-way
>> sync between a local installation of pmwiki on my Macbook and my
>> "real" wiki. I'd prefer to sync the whole wiki, not just a group.
>
>
> I don't use mac, so take this with a grain of salt, but a quick stroll
> through google-land seems to indicate that mac supports rsync and cron
> natively.
>
> If that's the case then you should be able to set up a cron-job to sync with
> your server via FTP or SSH without too much difficulty.  Google for "rsync
> mac tutorial" if you need to learn rsync...
>
> -Peter
>
> PS Here's one tutorial: http://www.egg-tech.com/mac_backup/
>
> PPS I use syncback in windows-land for this type of capability.  Their
> freeware version allows for this type of operation over FTP.
>
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