On Wednesday 01 October 2003 07:32, Jason Dixon wrote: > On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 08:15, Nathalie Boulos wrote: > > Hello, > > > > i'm using rsync with ssh to connect to a remote host > > and mirror a website. > > > > I want to put the command in crontab and i don't want > > ssh to ask for password before opening the connexion. > > > > Anyone knows how can i avoid that? > > You'll want to generate ssh keys with a null passphrase, then > distribute the public keys to the remote systems you want to login > to. Please search the archives, I've posted a detailed explanation > before.
I haven't tried it with crontab so I don't know if it'll fit here but with batch jobs like this via ssh the ssh-agent mechanism works very well. The thought of null passphrases just leave me a little cold and shivering .... Regards, Mike Klinke -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
