svn commit: samba-web r346 - in trunk: .

deryck at samba.org deryck at samba.org
Wed Sep 22 11:30:47 GMT 2004 

Author: deryck
Date: 2004-09-22 11:30:47 +0000 (Wed, 22 Sep 2004)
New Revision: 346

WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/websvn/changeset.php?rep=samba-web&path=/trunk&rev=346&nolog=1

Log:

Add back mirroring instructions to the main page.

--deryck

Modified:
   trunk/header2.html
   trunk/mirroring.html


Changeset:
Modified: trunk/header2.html
===================================================================
--- trunk/header2.html	2004-09-21 12:53:10 UTC (rev 345)
+++ trunk/header2.html	2004-09-22 11:30:47 UTC (rev 346)
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
     <ul>
     <li><a href="/samba/support/">Commercial Support</a></li>
     <li><a href="/samba/vendors/">Samba-related Products</a></li>
+    <li><a href="/samba/mirroring.html">Mirroring Info</a></li>
     <li><a href="/samba/colophon.html">Samba-Web, version 3</a></li>
     </ul>
   </div>

Modified: trunk/mirroring.html
===================================================================
--- trunk/mirroring.html	2004-09-21 12:53:10 UTC (rev 345)
+++ trunk/mirroring.html	2004-09-22 11:30:47 UTC (rev 346)
@@ -2,113 +2,112 @@
   <title>Mirroring Samba</title>
 <!--#include virtual="/samba/header2.html" -->
 
-<h2 align=center>Mirroring Samba</h2>
+<h2>Mirroring Samba</h2>
 
-Quite a few sites like to mirror the Samba ftp site, and sometimes the
+<p>Quite a few sites like to mirror the Samba ftp site, and sometimes the
 web site. The problem with these mirrors is that they can cost us an
 enormous amount in network charges. To try to minimise the costs
-please consider the following.
+please consider the following.</p>
 
-<H3>Is it needed?</H3>
+<h3>Is it needed?</h3>
 
-If this mirror is for your personal use then please
-reconsider. Otherwise check to see if there is <A
-HREF="index.html">another mirror site</A> within reasonable proximity to you already. If there is then think
-about whether your mirror is really needed.
+<p>If this mirror is for your personal use then please
+reconsider. Otherwise check to see if there is
+another mirror site within reasonable proximity to you already. If there is then think
+about whether your mirror is really needed.</p>
 
-<H3>Ask first</H3>
+<h3>Ask first</h3>
 
-If you decide to go ahead and setup a mirror then please contact
+<p>If you decide to go ahead and setup a mirror then please contact
 us so we can then add you to the list of available mirrors. Write to the
-<A HREF="mailto:mirrors-owner at samba.org">mirror owner</A>.
+<a href="mailto:mirrors-owner at samba.org">mirror owner</a>.</p>
 
-<H3>Not too often</H3>
+<h3>Not too often</h3>
 
-Please don't be tempted to run your mirror script on an hourly
-basis. Once a day really is good enough for Samba stuff. 
+<p>Please don't be tempted to run your mirror script on an hourly
+basis. Once a day really is good enough for Samba stuff. </p>
 
-<H3>Join the mirrors at samba.org list</H3>
+<h3>Join the mirrors at samba.org list</h3>
 
-If you want to mirror this site then please join the
+<p>If you want to mirror this site then please join the
 mirrors at samba.org mailing list so you can be notified of
 changes in the site that require your attention. The list has very low
 traffic so it should not be a burden. See 
 <a href="http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/mirrors/">
-http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/mirrors/</a> for information on how to join the list.
+http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/mirrors/</a> for information on how to join the list.</p>
 
-You may also use this list to ask questions about mirroring problems
-with this site. 
+<p> may also use this list to ask questions about mirroring problems
+with this site. </p>
 
-<H3>Use anonymous rsync</H3>
+<h3>Use anonymous rsync</h3>
 
-Please do NOT use ftp mirror scripts or web robots to mirror our
+<p>Please do NOT use ftp mirror scripts or web robots to mirror our
 site. Some of these mirroring systems are very inefficient. Not
 only do they take a long time to run but they also use a lot more
-bandwidth than is necessary. Web mirror scripts are particularly bad. 
+bandwidth than is necessary. Web mirror scripts are particularly bad.</p>
 
-If you do attempt to use a web robot then our automatic web robot
-detector will probably catch you and ban your entire site. 
+<p>If you do attempt to use a web robot then our automatic web robot
+detector will probably catch you and ban your entire site.</p>
 
-Instead, please use anonymous rsync. You can read more about rsync at
-<A
-HREF="http://samba.org/rsync/">http://samba.org/rsync/</A>,
-but basically what you want to do is <A
-HREF="ftp://samba.org/pub/rsync/">download rsync</A>, compile
-it for your system then run something like this to do a mirror run:
+<p>Instead, please use anonymous rsync. You can read more about rsync at
+<a
+href="http://samba.org/rsync/">http://samba.org/rsync/</a>,
+but basically what you want to do is <a
+href="ftp://samba.org/pub/rsync/">download rsync</a>, compile
+it for your system then run something like this to do a mirror run:</p>
 
 <pre><small>
-	rsync -az --delete --force mirror.samba.org::sambaftp/ ~ftp/pub/samba
+rsync -az --delete --force mirror.samba.org::sambaftp/ ~ftp/pub/samba
 </small></pre>
 
-This will also give you a much better quality mirror than other
+<p>This will also give you a much better quality mirror than other
 mirroring systems. The timestamps will be right to the second,
 symbolic links will be preserved and all the permissions will be
-right.
+right.</p>
 
-<H3>Mirroring the web pages</H3>
+<h3>Mirroring the web pages</h3>
 
-If you want to mirror the Samba web pages then it is especially
+<p>If you want to mirror the Samba web pages then it is especially
 important that you do not use a web robot. We have had endless
 problems with robots using enormous amounts of bandwidth by following
 infinite loops in the web pages or downloading stuff that it just isn't
-useful to have on a mirror site.<p>
+useful to have on a mirror site.</p>
 
-Instead, please join the mirrors mailing list mentioned above and ask
-on that list. Then if you go ahead please use rsync like this:
+<p>Instead, please join the mirrors mailing list mentioned above and ask
+on that list. Then if you go ahead please use rsync like this:</p>
 
 <pre><small>
-	rsync -az --delete --exclude=ftp 
-            mirror.samba.org::sambawww/ /wwwmirrors/samba/
+rsync -az --delete --exclude=ftp mirror.samba.org::sambawww/ /wwwmirrors/samba/
 </small></pre>
 
-To complete the web mirror you will also need to mirror the ftp site
+<p>To complete the web mirror you will also need to mirror the ftp site
 as above then create a symbolic link from
 http://your.host.name/samba/ftp to the samba ftp area. Consult your
 web server and OS documentation about how to use symbolic
-links. Typicaly it involves something like this:
+links. Typicaly it involves something like this:</p>
 
 <pre><small>
-	ln -s ~ftp/pub/samba /var/www/htdocs/samba/ftp
+ln -s ~ftp/pub/samba /var/www/htdocs/samba/ftp
 </small></pre>
 
-then you add the option "SymLinksIfOwnerMatch" to your apache
+</p>then you add the option "SymLinksIfOwnerMatch" to your apache
 configuration. Note that this means that the symbolic link
-<em>must</em> be owned by the same user that owns the ftp directory.<p>
+<em>must</em> be owned by the same user that owns the ftp directory.</p>
 
-The hostname of your web site mirror doesn't matter (you don't need to
+<p>The hostname of your web site mirror doesn't matter (you don't need to
 use virtual hosting) but please make the site available as
 http://your.host.name/samba/ so that internal references to /samba/
-work.
+work.</p>
 
-<H3>Server side includes</H3>
+<h3>Server side includes</h3>
 
-You must also ensure that your web server supports server side
+<p>You must also ensure that your web server supports server side
 includes. To enable these under apache you would use the option
-IncludesNOEXEC in an Options directive in a directory section.
+IncludesNOEXEC in an Options directive in a directory section.</p>
 
-<H3>Example config</H3>
+<h3>Example config</h3>
 
-A typical config for apache serving the Samba web pages would be
+<p>A typical config for apache serving the Samba web pages would be</p>
 
 <pre><small>
   &lt;Directory /var/www/htdocs/samba&gt;
@@ -124,24 +123,24 @@
 
 <h3>Country Alias</h3>
 
-If you run a Samba web mirror site then you can ask for a country
-alias in the samba.org domain for your site. Send mail to <A
-HREF="mailto:mirrors-owner at samba.org">mirrors owner</A>.
+<p>If you run a Samba web mirror site then you can ask for a country
+alias in the samba.org domain for your site. Send mail to <a
+href="mailto:mirrors-owner at samba.org">mirrors owner</a>.</p>
 
 <h3>Local Customisation</h3>
 
-You can customise your mirror of Samba by editing the files
+<p>You can customise your mirror of Samba by editing the files
 local_header.html and local_footer.html. If you do that then remember
 to exclude those files from your rsync script or they will be
-overwritten.<p>
+overwritten.</p>
 
-Please keep customisations small and in keeping with the rest of the
-page. 
+<p>Please keep customisations small and in keeping with the rest of the
+page.</p> 
 
 <h3>List archives</h3>
 
-If you have problems setting up your web mirror then please ask on the
-mirrors at samba.org mailing list or look in the <A
-HREF="http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/mirrors/">list archives</A>.
+<p>If you have problems setting up your web mirror then please ask on the
+mirrors at samba.org mailing list or look in the <a
+href="http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/mirrors/">list archives</a>.</p>
 
 <!--#include virtual="/samba/footer.html" -->

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