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Sync to a remote machine without using the CLI
Authored by: Ptarmigan on Jan 13, '11 08:21:00AM

Thank you for this solution for using ChronoSync through a firewall! I've been hunting for a solution for days, and this works perfectly. It might be slightly more clunky than just ChronoSync alone, but what can you do when your sysadmins are so paranoid about security that they put your laptop in a DMZ? And beats running rsync in 2 directions which is a completely rubbish solution for todays typical user who deletes files, moves folders etc on both laptop and desktop. All of which ChronoSync copes with perfectly and rsync doesn't.

A brief summary of what I have to do to get laptop and desktop to sync, after installing ChronoSync on my Laptop:
1) switch on my VPN connection, which bypasses a gate
2) Set up SSH tunnel to my desktop as described
3) Mount Desktop from Laptop
4) Run my prepared ChronoSync file

Not perfect solution, but pretty passable. Now fingers crossed the sysadmins don't come knocking on my door to see what I've been up to, but I think it's all legal!



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