rsync - Oct 2001 - ssh->rsync->newbie

warning: rsync/sysadmin newbie question...

I want to sync the web directory from my production server to my 
backup server (through ssh).  rsync is working fine, except that it 
doesn't seem to authenticate my rsync user which is not a system 
user.  If  I run the command  manually, sshd asks for the far end 
user's password.  If I use that user's password, the files are 
rsynced to a direcory inside the user's home directory, (i.e.: 
/root/www/).

Do I need to write a shell script that allows for sshd authentication 
and rsyncd authenication?  Does anyone have an example script that 
uses the same procedure?

here are my config files and command:

rsyncd.conf:
===============
motd file = /etc/rsyncd.motd
log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log
pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid
lock file = /var/run/rsync.lock
max connections = 2
[www]
path = /var/www/html
comment = path to HTDOCS dir
uid = nobody
gid = nobody
read only = no
list = yes
auth users = www
hosts allow = 10.10.10.10
secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.scrt

=============rsyncd.scrt:
=============www:password

==============
rsync command:


rsync --verbose  --progress --stats --compress --rsh=/usr/bin/ssh \
       --recursive --times --perms --links --delete \
   /www/htdocs/* 10.10.10.10:www

thanks in advance!

David Dahl
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Hi,


There's a help page on http://www.freebsddiary.org/secure-file-copy.php .
I hope it helps you.

The way to do it seems to be using ssh public-private keys, but I've tried
this a few times and can't get it to work.

I suspect that when my ssh was compiled, an option was left out.

Anyway,

good luck,

Pete Lindsay


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Dahl" <david@ddahl.com>
To: <rsync@lists.samba.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 7:50 PM
Subject: ssh->rsync->newbie

> warning: rsync/sysadmin newbie question...
>
> I want to sync the web directory from my production server to my
> backup server (through ssh).  rsync is working fine, except that it
> doesn't seem to authenticate my rsync user which is not a system
> user.  If  I run the command  manually, sshd asks for the far end
> user's password.  If I use that user's password, the files are
> rsynced to a direcory inside the user's home directory, (i.e.:
> /root/www/).
>
> Do I need to write a shell script that allows for sshd authentication
> and rsyncd authenication?  Does anyone have an example script that
> uses the same procedure?
>
> here are my config files and command:
>
> rsyncd.conf:
> ===============>
> motd file = /etc/rsyncd.motd
> log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log
> pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid
> lock file = /var/run/rsync.lock
> max connections = 2
> [www]
> path = /var/www/html
> comment = path to HTDOCS dir
> uid = nobody
> gid = nobody
> read only = no
> list = yes
> auth users = www
> hosts allow = 10.10.10.10
> secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.scrt
>
> =============> rsyncd.scrt:
> =============> www:password
>
> ==============>
> rsync command:
>
>
> rsync --verbose  --progress --stats --compress --rsh=/usr/bin/ssh \
>        --recursive --times --perms --links --delete \
>    /www/htdocs/* 10.10.10.10:www
>
> thanks in advance!
>
> David Dahl
> --