Re: Keeping 2 OSX machines in sync?
- From: Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:17:24 GMT
Entity TNW7Z7Z7Z12345 spoke thus:
> - When I transfer files from one OS X machine to another - what do I
> need to be careful about with regard to permissions? Do the Users on
> both machines need to be identical to avoid problems?
No.
> - If so, when I load Tiger on the OS 9 machine, should I give that
> machine the same User name and short name as on my OSX laptop?
No.
> I assume the 2 computers need different computer names/rendezvous names
> for File Sharing.
Not necessarily, although there are some problems with identically named
volumes. Finder cannot distinguish between identically named volumes, but
shell can. You can therefore use powerful UNIX tools like rsync to keep your
disks synchronized.
The problem is aggravated by the change from 10.3 to 10.4. Panther mounted
identically named disks by appending "-1" to the folder name in the
/Volumes/ folder. However Tiger now mounts them appending a " 1" (space1)
to the folder name. This does present a problem writing Applescripts or
shell scripts to do your syncs.
In any case, it's a bad idea to synchronize your entire userfolder as all
kinds of things will get messed up. You should synchronize major folders
such as "Documents", "Public" and avoid folders such as "Preferences" and
"Caches". The rsync tool I mentioned above allows you to exclude certain
folder and filenames which is what I do.
> But is it OK if the administrator info is identical on both?
Yes.
-- Gnarlie's Applescript page:
http://Gnarlodious.com/Apple/AppleScript/
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