On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 08:40:44AM -0400, dan moylan wrote: > > i have a script to rsync a number of directories between two > computers on my local net and would like to avoid having to > enter my password for each one. i thought i could do this > using hosts.equiv, but it's not working for me. i solved > this once before a number of years ago, but i'm undoubtedly > forgetting something now. any help would be appreciated.
Create an ssh key: ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048 Change the filename to "rsync.key" Don't put in a passphrase. man sshd. Read the section on Authorized_Keys file format. Add restrictions to rsync.key.pub: no-agent-forwarding, no-port-forwarding, no-pty, no-X11-forwarding, perhaps a from restriction. Make it tight. command = rsync? Copy rsync.key.pub with the restrictions to your remote machine, and cat it to the end of ~/.ssh/authorized_keys When you run rsync, pass it "-e ssh -i /home/jdm/.ssh/rsync.key" You should have a fairly safe passwordless rsync. -dsr- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
