Re: rsync won't stop password prompt

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (18/08/05 15:56), Rob Brenart wrote:
> I'm trying to script an rsync process and I keep getting the password 
> prompt... here's my "script"
> 
> rsync -avz -e /usr/bin/ssh --password-file=/home/username/pwd.rsync 
> /home/user/test/ host:/home/username/test
> 
> And it works fine, but it prompts me for a password even though I'm 
> using --password-file
> 
> I also tried putting
> export RSYNC_PASSWORD=pwd
> 
> but that didn't have an effect either.
> 
> Any help?

Are you running rsync in daemon mode?  I'm not sure what's causing your
problem because my setup is a bit different.  I put some notes up with
some links to some great docs:

http://www.clivemenzies.co.uk/selfhelp/FileServer_Install_manual.html

Regards

Clive

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