Internal "mirror" for fou4s

I've finally bitten the bullet and "done it right".

The FAQ page mentions a couple of methods of keeping several hosts
updated from a common archive.

One option not mentioned is to set up a "mirror" using an httpd.

set up an file /etc/httpd/fou4s.conf containing
--------snip----------------------------------------
# httpd configuration for fou4s
# included by httpd.conf

<IfModule mod_alias.c>

  Alias /pub/suse/ "/var/cache/fou4s/packages/some.mirror/"
 
</IfModule>


<Directory /var/cache/fou4s/packages/some.mirror/>

  order deny,allow
  deny from all
  allow from my.domain localhost

</Directory>
---------snip---------------------------------------

replacing "some.mirror" with whatever your "master" server uses,
and "my.domain" with your internal domain description.

Add the line
	Include /etc/httpd/fou4s.conf

to /etc/http/httpd.conf

and
	rcapache reload

On each client, run
	fou4s --export client.fou
and transfer the file to the master server.
On the master server
	fou4s --import client.fou
for each client

Proceed with updating the master server
	fou4s --auto --checkfou4s

If you add packages on the clients, you'll have to --export/--import
again and run the update.

Set the Server argument in /etc/fou4s.conf of your clients to your
master server and the fou4s cache "directory"
	Server=http://master.my.domain/pub/suse

I hope that all makes sense!

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