rsyncd.secrets

Matt McCutchen
Mon, 03 Apr 2006 20:02:32 -0000

On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 15:44 +0000, khabot wrote:
> hi all
> I have composed a script containing :
> rsync -avz -e ssh root@10.78.0.107:/var/mail/ /var/mail
> --password-file=/etc/rsyncd.secrets
> but when I try to execute il it ask me for the password.

If you want to automate SSH authentication, generate a key pair on your
machine with ssh-keygen and install the public key in
~root/.ssh/authorized_keys on 10.78.0.107.

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Matt McCutchen
hashproduct@verizon.net