password problem with rsync

[Payal Rathod]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 03:15:42PM -0400, Ron DuFresne wrote:
> don't invlove the network levels, this is merely a filesystem to 
> filesystem 'copy', with permission ,ownership retention.  the ley is to 
> do this uder an account with the proper perms to read the filesystem 
> totally and use the proper rsync capabilities.  This means as root under 
> a unix like OS and as administrator or similiar account under M$ OS'.
> 
> rsync -${params} /home/accounts  /newhome/accounts


But I want them to be copied from one maxchine to another over network.
In this case what do you suggest?

Thanks a lot for the help and bye.

With warm regards,
-Payal

> This is almost a cp -pdR or tar type operation.  I have the samething 
> working from a croned job in a production env at present <smile>.  See, 
> not only does root/admin account have the perms to read the filesystems 
> and write to them, but the ability to use restricted params like -o -g, 
> and since those account levels own everything anyways, no passwd's 
> required.  And eliminating the overhead of the network, even loopback 
> seems to actually improve transfer times on LARGE filesystem syncs.  
> Mine are over 3540gigs.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ron DuFresne
> 
> Payal Rathod wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 09:02:29AM -0700, Wayne Davison wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 07:20:42PM +0530, Payal Rathod wrote:
> >>   
> >>
> >>>$ rsync --password-file=pass -e ssh -av legal.txt 
> >>>accounts at 127.0.0.1:/home/accounts
> >>>accounts at 127.0.0.1's password:
> >>>     
> >>>
> >>Please refer to the ssh documention for how to setup ssh connections
> >>without being prompted (rsync does not do this for you).  Hint:  look at
> >>ssh-agent for one solution.  Note also that the --password-file option
> >>refers to connecting to a remote rsync daemon, which is not what you're
> >>doing.
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >You may suggest me another way without ssh. I don't want ssh. I didn't
> >knew of anyother way.
> >I just want to copy few users homedirectories.
> >
> >Thanks and bye.
> >-Payal
> >
> > 
> >
> >>..wayne..
> >>   
> >>
> >
> > 
> >
> 
> 

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