That's rsync over ssh so you can use pub key auth. Or do it over tcp/873 and use $RSYNC_PASSWORD
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 27, 2014, at 5:13 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > rsync question: > > I have a shell script similar to the following (but longer) that I use > to copy/sync/backup selected directories and files from my main computer > to a backup computer and also to copy/sync/backup those selected > directories and files to my web-hosted space. > > This all works fine, except I have to enter the password for each segment. > Is there some way that I could embed the password in this shell script so > I do not have to manually type the password each time? > > echo "starting files copy/sync/backup" > > rsync -avH --delete --progress /home/joe/dir1/ > [email protected]:/home/joe/dir1/ > rsync -avH --delete --progress /home/joe/dir2/ > [email protected]:/home/joe/dir2/ > rsync -avH --delete --progress /home/joe/dir3/ > [email protected]:/home/joe/dir3/ > > rsync -avHp --progress /home/joe/dir1/ [email protected]:www/dir1/ > rsync -avHp --progress /home/joe/dir2/ [email protected]:www/dir2/ > rsync -avHp --progress /home/joe/dir3/ [email protected]:www/dir3/ > > echo "FINISHED" > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
