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

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> 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 :)

s/rsyncd/rsync/


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