rsync with ssh

[Mikel King]

On Oct 23, 2005, at 7:58 PM, Adrian Mak wrote:

> I'm new on rsync, and I have some question regarding file  
> synchronization
> my rsyncd.conf is
> secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets
> read only = yes
> list = yes
> uid = nobody
> gid = nobody
> max connections = 1
> log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log
> pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid
> lock file = /var/run/rsync.lock
>
> [test]
> path = /home/test
> auth users = test
>
> on another linux, I executed
> rsync --verbose --progress --recursive --delete
> test at 123.123.123::test/ /home/test2
> with no problem on file synchronization
>
> but it seems that rsync sending plain password for the user test and
> the contents too. Then I digged the documenation and  for more secure,
> ssh is the choice. right ?!
>
> rsync with ssh, I executed
> rsync --verbose --progress --recursive -rsh=/usr/bin/ssh --delete
> 123.123.123:test/ /home/test2
>
> but it said
> receiving file list ...
> link_stat /test : No such file or directory
>
> however if I  provide the full remote path
> rsync --verbose --progress --recursive -rsh=/usr/bin/ssh --delete
> 123.123.123:/home/test /home/test2
>
> and it success. And it seems the remote host does not need rsync to be
> run in daemon and  rsync with ssh, I can put any path of remotehost
>
> Am I right ?
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Recommend that you consider using the keybased authentication method  
built into ssh2. The manpage for ssh-keygen explains how to set this up.