> Somewhat belatedly, I can report that I use rysnc in daemon mode in > conjunction with an SSH tunnel, but using remote port forwarding. I > use the method to distribute password and shadow files.
It seemed like this ought to be possible. So, out of curiousity, why does rsync include a "-e ssh" option at all? Wouldn't it be simpler to pick one protocol (rsync) and let the user tunnel it over his or her favorite encrypted transport? Mike -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html