Re: Using rsync over SSH

[Will Trillich <will@serensoft.com>]

On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 10:12:27PM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote:
> I need to setup a way to rsync from a Solaris machine to a
> Debian machine.  I don't have root on the Solaris box and I
> don't want the Debian user to have access to the Solaris
> machine other than to rsync some files in read_only mode.  I
> want to use rsync over ssh, and I'll have to install ssh
> locally in my account.

here's my cron entry:

09 03    * * *    /usr/bin/rsync -vaz -e /usr/bin/ssh --delete 10.1.1.5:/home/shared/ /home/office/

reformatted for readability, this runs at 3:09am daily:

	/usr/bin/rsync	\
		-vaz	\
		-e /usr/bin/ssh	\
		--delete	\
		10.1.1.5:/home/shared/	\
		/home/office/

this copies /home/shared from 10.1.1.5 to local /home/office
directory. to go the other way -- piece of cake! -- just reverse
the last two items:

	/usr/bin/rsync	\
		-vaz	\
		-e /usr/bin/ssh	\
		--delete	\
		/home/office/	\
		10.1.1.5:/home/shared/

this assumes passwordless ssh connections are already set up, of
course. (ssh-agent, ssh-keygen, which see.)

-- 
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