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pam_csync 0.42.0 STABLE

GlaDiaC — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:34:33 +0000

This is the stable release of pam_csync 0.42.0. pam_csync is a PAM (Pluggable
Authentication Modules) module to provide roaming home directories for a
user session. This module is aimed at environments with central file servers a
user wishes to store his home directory. The Authentication Module verifies the
identity of a user and triggers a synchronization with the server on the first
login and the last logout.

You can find packages here.

ChangeLog

Added support to sync with the Windows Home Directory

Slides of SambaXP 2009

GlaDiaC — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:39:31 +0000

As some people already asked you can find the slides of my talk at SambaXP 2009 here.

csync 0.42.0 STABLE

GlaDiaC — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:00:54 +0000

This is it, the first stable release of csync! csync is a bidirectional file synchronizer for Linux and allows to keep two copies of files and directories in sync. It uses widely adopted protocols like smb or sftp so that there is no need for a server component of csync. It is a user-level program which means there is no need to be a superuser. With pam_csync it is possible to provide roaming home directories in Linux and Active Directory environments.

The userguide is a good place to start with csync.

Packages are available in the download section. Please report bugs to the bugtracker.

NOTE: If you want to use csync with sftp. Compile the latest libssh version from svn and apply this patch to the csync source.

csync for Maemo

GlaDiaC — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:01:06 +0000

Thanks to Jan-Simon Möller, csync is available for the Meamo plattform to. You find all information at:

http://www.csync.org/maemo/

csync 0.42.0 rc3

GlaDiaC — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:38:30 +0000

This is the third and hopefully the last release candidate of csync 0.42.0.
csync is a bidirectional file synchronizer for Linux and allows to keep two
copies of files and directories in sync. It uses uses widly adopted protocols
like smb or sftp so that there is no need for a server component of csync. It
is a user-level program which means there is no need to be a superuser. With
pam_csync it is possible to create roaming home directories.

The userguide is a good place to start with csync.

Packages are available in the download section. Please report bugs to the bugtracker.

ChangeLog

Added checks for unix extensions.
Added more documentation to the userguide.
Fixed loading of plugins.
Fixed call for deletion functions.
Normalize the path to / for the statedb filename.
More change name of client options to be more descriptive.

The change to normalize path for the statedb filename means that it do a full sync. It could happen that deleted files will reappear.

NOTE: sftp is still really slow. This will be fixed with the next libssh version and I will release a new csync version which works with libssh 0.2.1.

pam_csync 0.42.0 beta2

GlaDiaC — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:48:34 +0000

This is the second beta release of csync 0.42.0. pam_csync is a PAM (Pluggable
Authentication Modules) module to provide roaming home directories for a
user session. This module is aimed at environments with central file servers a
user wishes to store his home directory. The Authentication Module verifies the
identity of a user and triggers a synchronization with the server on the first
login and the last logout.

There is a bug in several PAM applications calling the PAM functions on logout
in the wrong order. Take a look at:

gdm calls pam functions in the wrong order
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=557794

OpenSSH calls pam functions in the wrong order on logout
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1534

If you have ’su’ (switch user) with pam support, check the patch
if it calls the functions in the right order.

You can find packages here.

ChangeLog

Improved debugging output
Fixed some PAM problems introduce by buggy gdm, su, openssh
Fixed kerberos support
Code cleanups

NOTE: If you want to use csync with sftp. Compile the latest libssh version from svn and apply this patch to the csync source.

csync homepage goes online.

GlaDiaC — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:53:55 +0000

Last October I started writing my diploma thesis at SUSE Linux in Nuernberg. This is the homepage of csync a file synchronizer for Linux systems as a library. More information and content will follow.

There is no source code yet. I will setup git as soon as you can loose data using csync.