>How do I call rsync with -e ssh in a shell script run from cron. SSH
>requires a password. How do I pass the password to it from the script?
>
>V/r
>Jay
The public key method works. I'm a bit more paranoid, however. I
like to enter my password after the machine boots up, so that I don't
h
The easiest way is to generate keys with no passphrase. it's still secure, as long as
nobody can get your private key. If you insist on adding a password, you'll have to
keep it in plaintext in a file and reference it with --password-file, or if you
want to add a layer of indirection to make
Jay,
Why don't you configure ssh to not require a password with
an public key or one of the other methods. I can't imagine that
is any less in-secure than embedding the password into some script.
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The easiest way would be to use the public/private key mechanisms.
man ssh-keygen
i use rsync -e ssh in cron for most of the things i do with rsync and
it works well.
joe
Jay Moore([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 04:02:45PM +:
> How do I call rsync with -e ssh in a shell script run
