>>>>> " " == Ralph Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am trying to configure rsync to make a backup mirror copy of
> the production website onto my development machine. the problem
> i am having is how to point rsync to my password file.
> password file path;
> /this/path/password (chmod 640)
> the command i am using;
> rsync --password-file /web/www/password -e ssh -vra
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/this/path/docs /this/path/docs
> i keep getting prompted for the password.
Use ssh-keygen to generate a key pair and put the public key into
~/.ssh/authorised_keys on the server. (Don't use a passphrase).
MfG
Goswin
PS: "rsync -vra server.name.com:/this/path/docs /this/path/docs"
should work provided you tell cron to use the same user locally as it
needs on the server.
