Difference between revisions of "Windows Rsync"

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Install Cygwin and Linux programs under Cygwin

You can download it from here. Even if you already have Cygwin, download the setup.exe file in order to install some programs to run under Cygwin.Once you start the “setup.exe” for Cygwin and follow some directions given in that setup program, you will eventually come to a section where you can select and install some Linux (Unix) programs.

       install the “rsync” program under “net“.
       Also install cybrunsrv, which is under Admin.

put config files in c:/cygwin

example config files

1. rsyncd.conf
2. rsyncd.secrets

Next, set up the rsync job as a service to be started at boot-up.

Click on Start --> Run

       type 'cmd' and press enter. 

In the terminal,

       cd \cygwin\bin

Then,

       cygrunsrv.exe -I rsyncd -e CYGWIN=nontsec -p c:/cygwin/bin/rsync.exe -a "--config=c:/cygwin/rsyncd.conf --daemon --no-detach"

• the second command is a long one liner. You must issue these commands without any misspelling.

To test to see if the above command was properly issued,

       Go to Control Panel --> Administrative Tools --> Services
       Find 'rsync' and click on 'start' to see if the service starts properly.

Open a Port

Finally, open a port for rsync in the firewall.

       Control Panel --> Firewall --> Exceptions

   	Name: rsyncd
   	Port number: 873
   	Type: TCP 

Add stop script to system shut down.

       hold windows key and press R
       type mmc hit enter 

       click file->add snap in
       add group policy snap in
       go to local computer policy->Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Scripts (Startup/Shutdown) 
       In the details pane, double-click Shutdown.
       In the Shutdown Properties dialog box, click Add.
       

In the Add a Script dialog box, type the following information, and then click OK:

       Script Name: sc 
       Script Parameters: stop rsyncd 
       and then click OK:

To assign computer startup scripts

   Open the Local Group Policy Editor.
   In the console tree, click Scripts (Startup/Shutdown). 
        The path is Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Scripts (Startup/Shutdown).
   In the results pane, double-click Startup.
   In the Startup Properties dialog box, click Add.
   In the Add a Script dialog box, do the following:
       In the Script Name box, type the path to the script, or click Browse to search for the script file 
            in the Netlogon shared folder on the domain controller.

   In the Script Parameters box, type any parameters that you want, the same way as you would type them 
        on the command line. For example, if your script includes parameters called //logo (display banner) 
        and //I (interactive mode), type //logo //I.
   In the Startup Properties dialog box, specify the options that you want:
   Startup Scripts for <Group Policy object>: Lists all the scripts that currently are assigned to the 
        selected Group Policy object (GPO). If you assign multiple scripts, the scripts are processed in 
        the order that you specify. To move a script up in the list, click it and then click Up. To move 
        a script down in the list, click it and then click Down.
     Add: Opens the Add a Script dialog box, where you can specify any additional scripts to use.
     Edit: Opens the Edit Script dialog box, where you can modify script information, such as name and parameters.
     Remove: Removes the selected script from the Startup Scripts list.
     Show Files: Displays the script files that are stored in the selected GPO.