password problem with rsync

[Andrew MacKenzie]

> > Both seem ugly to me.  Of course, if you have enough control of the 
> > 'network' and can make sure it's not 'internet' bound and exposed, this 
> > can be done, as long as you trust the soft chewy center as well as those 
> > 'inside'.
> 
> Ahhhh! Please someone here talk in english. I am unable to understand
> anything. wahhh!!!!
> I just want to copy users directories thru;' cronjob from one machoine
> to another and bad as it may sound I am not worried about security.
> 
> What do you want me to do in such cases. Please understand that this is
> first time I am on a live IP in my life. Till now I was using just few
> computers on LAN and so do nto understand much of rsync and ssh jargon.
> I use ssh just to connect to my remote machine, that's all.
Just use ssh key based authentication.

http://www.hklc.com/infocenter/1115.html

ssh is handling your authentication.  Not rsync.  rsync is just sending
files.  Setup ssh with key based authentication, and no passwords on your
keys.  Works just fine.

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