Thanks Dave; In the literature there are many references to running rsync and ssh together. I need to use ssh because normal ftp is disabled on both my servers. I need to use rsync because it is, by miles, the best way to copy things across.
I did notice, though, when I ran ssh in debug mode, I got the message: "Method 'publickey' disabled." I suspect my problems are to do with this. Thanks, Pete ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Dykstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "peter lindsay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 10:47 PM Subject: Re: ssh->rsync->newbie > On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 10:51:12AM +0100, peter lindsay wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have two linux/apache servers running rsync and ssh. > > I can manually ( i.e. command line ) rsync between the servers with no > > difficulty - other than being required to enter a password before the rsync > > initiates. > > > > I wanted to put the process in a script and run it through cron(tab), but I > > still get prompted for the password. > > > > I've followed literature on this ( there seems to be plenty ) but cannot get > > further. I've looked at password files and public/private key generation. I > > suspected that perhaps my ssh installation was incomplete, but I don't know. > > > > Any suggestions gratefully received, > > > > Thanks, > > > > Pete Lindsay > > > Again, before we go on, do you want to use ssh or do you want to use > rsync --daemon? There are ways in both cases to do transfers without > a password, but the way you do it is very different so let us know which > one you want. Your original question showed you seemed to be trying both. > > With ssh, the easiest way is usually to do a ssh-keygen without a passphrase > and copy the public key into ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the server. With > rsync --daemon, the default is no password but if that's a security problem > you can use a "secrets file" on the server side and use the --password-file > option on the client where the file is not world readable. > > - Dave Dykstra > >
