Hi Carl, I apologize that your account was somehow missed in the host migration. Why didn't you say something sooner? I just synchronized your account and its home directory contents, replete with its .ssh/authorized_keys, to the current host, so you should be able to ssh to current common-lisp.net now. If not, please let me know. And, I added you to sudo group so you can add an additional user with restricted access for doing the rsync's, if you like. And feel free to look into installing the needed rsync service, and go ahead and install it if you can, if that is running on the old host. Our initial goal is to replicate as many of the legacy services as possible. Ever since I started using rsync heavily (maybe 15-20 years ago), it always seems to go by default over ssh, so I'm not familiar with the actual rsync transfer protocol or service per se. Maybe I should be, if the server I'm purporting to administer has documentation which assumes that... Dave ---- On Mon, 10 Mar 2025 21:09:09 -0400 Carl Shapiro <cshapiro@panix.com> wrote --- David Cooper <mailto:david.cooper@genworks.com> writes:
common-lisp.net is now pointing to the same IP addresses as gitlab.common-lisp.net (which is the same as future.common-lisp.net).
Good to know, thank you. I tried that on the suggestion of the top news item under "Latest Common-Lisp.net news" on the home page.
What is that rsync URL protocol? Is that a service we need to set up on the new host?
An efficient file synchronization protocol. Since the early days, you could access all project data through rsync. See this link https://web.archive.org/web/20040606094613/http://www.common-lisp.net/rsync.... This was a reasonable feature back then. Even now, two decades later, rsync is still a preferred way for sites to have their data mirrored in bulk.
If so, Carl, would you consider setting that up for us if I provide credentials?
I would certainly consider helping out. But, if there is an alternate way to get this feature without standing up a new service that could add to the maintenance burden, it would seem worthwhile to try it out first. Kindly, Carl