On Tue, 7 Sep 2010 20:28:28 -0400, Uriel Carrasquilla wrote: > > > > > > You shouldn't run into problems doing a direct copy, assuming > > > > you change the four ports mentioned in freenet.ini. You will > > > > simply have multiple instances of freenet running, each > > > > accessible via it's own http port, each accessing it's own udp > > > > data pipes/local sockets. I think. > > > > thank you for getting back to me. > > > If I understand you correctly, if I copy the "freenet" > > > directory/subdirectories from machine A to another machine in a > > > different geographical location, say machine B, I don't need to do > > > anything but start the service (run.sh start). All of my > > > configuration files, trusted friends, etc. will be duplicated from > > > machine A to machine B. Then, a new KEY will be issued by machine > > > B that I can use to make friends with machine A. Correct? > > > Oh ... hrmm ... right, each node has it's "identity key" ... stored > > in the opennet-OPENNETPORT and node-DARKNETPORT files. I'm not sure > > what would happen if two nodes with the same "identities" run at > > the same time. (They will, of course, but I'm not sure what, if > > any, collisions will happen. I don't think I want to find out > > either :b.) Perhaps (my wild guess) if you delete these two files > > they will be regenerated? > > > There is yet another problem. The cache (both of them) will contain > information from the originating Machine A. It seems, there is no > easy way to clone.
What's wrong with that? (You can also delete node.db4o(.crypt) and temp-PORTNUMBER/ and persistent-temp-PORTNUMBER/ -- ie. the caches -- without substantial loss, besides the file transfer queues/data.) _______________________________________________ Support mailing list Support@freenetproject.org http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:support-requ...@freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe
