I"m guessing it's in /etc/sshd_config.
ssh issue, not rsync.
try "ssh linuxbox uname -a" from a windoze machine. if that doesn't work
without a password, neither will rsync.
>From "man sshd":
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
PasswordAuthentication
Specifies whether password authentication is allowed. The de-
fault is ``yes''. Note that this option applies to both protocol
versions 1 and 2.
PermitEmptyPasswords
When password authentication is allowed, it specifies whether the
server allows login to accounts with empty password strings. The
default is ``no''.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
If PasswordAuthentication is yes, then you'll need to ensure that
PermitEmptyPasswords is also yes, or you won't be allowed passphraseless
authentication.
If you're not permitted to change that, just use a simple ssh passphrase.
>From "man rsync":
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Some paths on the remote server may require authentication.
If so then you will receive a password prompt when you con-
nect. You can avoid the password prompt by setting the
environment variable RSYNC_PASSWORD to the password you want
to use or using the --password-file option. This may be use-
ful when scripting rsync.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Wonderful thing, those man pages.
Good luck.
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"Thomas Lambert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
11/14/2001 08:15 AM
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc: (bcc: Tim Conway/LMT/SC/PHILIPS)
Subject: Re: using rsync to backup windows workstations
Classification:
I have about 12 NT servers that I want to backup 1 directory to my Linux
Server. The problem I am having is trying to get it not to ask for the
user's password. I am trying to use ssh. I just installed the latest
cygwin on my NT server (1.3.4). Rsync is 2.4.6. What I have tried was on
the NT machine, I ran ssh-keygen (no passphrase) and then added the
identity.pub to the Linux box in the /home/thomas/.ssh/authorized_keys.
When I run:
rsync -uv -e ssh *.* thomas@linuxbox:backup/
it asks for a password. Besides asking for the password, it works fine.
Only the files changed are updated and it is FAST! I saw the ssh-agent. Do
I need to use it? and how? Is there something I need to do on my Linux
server? I am pretty new to Linux, and have a long way to go to be an
"expert", but I can get around.
Thanks for any help.
Thomas Lambert
VP
DSC Associates, Inc.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lapo Luchini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: using rsync to backup windows workstations
> As officially I'm the mantainer of cygwin's rsync package I feel I must
add
> something.. 0=)
>
> > a) rsync binaries for win32/cygwin are now available from the binaries
> > section of the rsync web pages, maintained by someone at redhat I
think
>
> Maintained by me, I don't work for redhat, and sadly I have a bit too
little time
> to maintain it as I should...
>
> > b) the version attached is so old that you really shouldn't attempt to
use it.
> > Get the latest CVS version and add Wayne Davison's patches (see
> > mailing list archives), in particular for use with Windoze systems,
> > then compile it yourself with cygwin
>
> ...but not so little not to compile it with Wayne's patches (actual
patch
is the
> latest anti-hang available at the date of the release of cygwin's
rsync-2.4.6-2
> package) ;-)
>
> If there's some patch that I missed (I read this mailing list since when
I
began to
> mantain that package, but reading only headers of most messages maybe I
missed
> something...) please point it to me and I'll release a new verison
shortly
=)
>
> Please note that I'm not an "expert programmer" of rsync, just a person
that likes
> and uses it (and wants maybe to become such an expert, btw): in cygwin
one
package
> can't exist in the distribution if there's not a mantainer... so I hope
that the
> effort I put in it is not wasted, even if it's maybe not enough... [I've
got a bit
> of guild for that eheh]
>
> > c) it's easy to compile under cygwin, and cygwin is easy to install,
so
I
> > strongly recommend doing that
>
> That's true, it compiles out-of-the box.
> The main problem is that in winsocks if the socket is closed a RST is
sent, not
> flushing the cache.
> This creates many errors at the end of trasnfer, especially in the
daemon
mode
> (which is not addressed by the patch I used, I bet).
>
> > d) also install openssh which compiles cleanly under cygwin and is
much
> > more reliable than the ssh that is attached here
>
> Compiles cleanly and is available as a binary.
>
> If anyone wants to ask some more question.. feel free, even if I don't
know nothing
> "special" about it, as I said I had not had the time to completely study
and
> understand rsync source...
>
> C ya,
> Lapo
>
> --
> Lapo Luchini
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>
>
>
