John Davis wrote: >> I want to mirror a samba server (smb0) to a identical server (smb1) >> in my internal network. So far I can managed to do this from client >> (smb1), >> >> rsync -e ssh -auzpg 10.10.10.24:/home/MYDOMAIN /home >> rsync -e ssh -auzpg 10.10.10.24:/srv/ /srv >> >> I would like to automate this task without entering root password. >> But I'm little confused. Should I setup rsyncd.conf from the >> server and setuid/setgid for access? Then initiate connection from >> client with above commands using CRON? > > That's one way. You could also do it with an expect script (use > autoexpect), or you can tell your SSH server to authenticate with an > SSH key. If you do it that way, you won't be prompted for a password. > It's what I do for all of my remote servers.
Sorry. Do you mean the way I have would still prompt for password? Would you mind sharing your script?
I've setup SSH for auto login. It seems I can just do
rsync -e ssh -aupg 10.10.10.24:/home/MYDOMAIN /home fine
Do I still need /etc/rsyncd.conf on the server?
Regards, Norman
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