Re: rsync won't stop password prompt
Quoting Rob Brenart <debian@oculardata.com>:
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?
You may want to try using rsync with ssh.
I think the sarge version of rsync will automatically use ssh.
The key to ssh, rsync and no passwords is to have manually generated
ssh keys with a blank password. That way, when you ssh to another host,
it just logs in.
Combine it with rsync and away you go.
A simple command like:
# rsync -a host:/foo/ /foo/bar/
should work fine with ssh.
Check the ssh man page for more info on creating custom keys if you
haven't been down that way before.
Cheers,
Mike
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