Hi folks. Running rsync on Slackware. I'm going over the man pages yet some aspects remain murky. Hopefully someone can set me straight. 1. The --rsh option, The man page explains that you can invoke a single-transfer daemon if you want some features that a daemon provides: $ rsync -av --rsh=ssh host::module /dest The it says that you need to slap on an ssh user if the daemon/module user is different from the remote shell user: $ rsync -av -e "ssh -l ssh-user" rsync-user@host::module /dest Ok, but what happened to the --rsh stuff? I can use this second form with or without --rsh and I don't perceive any difference. 2. Encryption, Are transfers always encrypted or is encryption activated with a specific incantation? Thanks for any input. -- Peter __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca
On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 19:12 -0500, Peter wrote:> $ rsync -av -e "ssh -l ssh-user" rsync-user@host::module /dest > > Ok, but what happened to the --rsh stuff?-e is another name for --rsh.> Are transfers always encrypted or is encryption activated with a specific > incantation?Rsync performs no encryption of its own, but if you transfer over SSH, SSH encrypts the entire rsync data stream. -- Matt McCutchen hashproduct@verizon.net http://hashproduct.metaesthetics.net/