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pam_csync 0.42.0 beta2

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 […]

csync and pam_csync 0.42.0 beta1

This is the first beta release 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 […]

pam_csync 0.42.0 alpha1

This is the first alpha 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 […]

csync 0.42.0 alpha4

This is the fourth alpha release of csync 0.42.0. The next version will be beta1. This is *not* intended for production environments. With this version you can sync two local directories or a local directory with a samba share. Please report any defects via the bug reporting system at https://dev.csync.org/. Changelog Added the possibility to […]

csync 0.42.0 alpha3

This is the third alpha release of csync 0.42.0. This is *not* intended for production environments and is designed for testing purposes only. This version is fully functional and you can sync two local directories or a local directory with a samba share. Please report any defects via the bug reporting system at https://dev.csync.org/. Changelog […]

csync 0.42.0 alpha2

This is the second alpha release of csync 0.42.0. This is *not* intended for production environments and is designed for testing purposes only. This version is fully functional and you can sync two local directories or a local directory with a samba share. Please report any defects via the bug reporting system at https://dev.csync.org/. Changelog […]

csync 0.42.0 alpha1

This is the first alpha version of csync 0.42.0. This is *not* intended for production environments and is designed for testing purposes only. This version is fully functional and you can sync two local directories or a local directory with a samba share. Please report any defects via the bug reporting system at https://dev.csync.org/. The […]

csync 0.42.0 prealpha test version

This is the first release of csync. It is just for testing purposes to collect some information. It doesn’t synchronize any data yet. Currently only the update detection and the creation of a journal is working. The intention is to get some testing and feedback about these processes. It does not change or copy any […]

csync source code is online

The source code of csync is now available via git [1]. This is a rewrite of the first version which is just the prototype of the file synchronizer. The current version is in an early state. Currently the function to init csync is being developed. The next steps on the TODO list are: Finish the […]

csync homepage goes online.

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.