ssh->rsync->newbie

[Dave Dykstra]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 10:51:12AM +0100, peter lindsay wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have two linux/apache servers running rsync and ssh.
> I can manually ( i.e. command line )  rsync between the servers with no
> difficulty - other than being required to enter a password before the rsync
> initiates.
> 
> I wanted to put the process in a script and run it through cron(tab), but I
> still get prompted for the password.
> 
> I've followed literature on this ( there seems to be plenty ) but cannot get
> further. I've looked at password files and public/private key generation. I
> suspected that perhaps my ssh installation was incomplete, but I don't know.
> 
> Any suggestions gratefully received,
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Pete Lindsay


Again, before we go on, do you want to use ssh or do you want to use
rsync --daemon?  There are ways in both cases to do transfers without
a password, but the way you do it is very different so let us know which
one you want.  Your original question showed you seemed to be trying both.

With ssh, the easiest way is usually to do a ssh-keygen without a passphrase
and copy the public key into ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the server.  With
rsync --daemon, the default is no password but if that's a security problem
you can use a "secrets file" on the server side and use the --password-file
option on the client where the file is not world readable.

- Dave Dykstra