passing rsyncd password in a script (no ssh) - how?

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> I want to transfer files from a Windows server running rsyncd to a local 
> Linux machine. It has no SSH, so I can't use keys.

(...)

> What is the recommended way to copy files from a (password-protected) 
> rsyncd server in a script?

Looks like I should use:

export RSYNC_PASSWORD=secret_pass

before starting rsyncd. And to forget about "expect" command :)

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