Re: a few basic questions

2006-02-15 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 19:37 -0500, Peter wrote: > > Rsync performs no encryption of its own, but if you transfer over SSH, > > SSH encrypts the entire rsync data stream. > > And that is done with '-e "ssh -l ssh-user"' or '--rsh=ssh' or is it done > unless I use --rsh=? Encryption happens wheneve

Re: a few basic questions

2006-02-15 Thread Peter
--- Matt McCutchen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 19:12 -0500, Peter wrote: > > $ rsync -av -e "ssh -l ssh-user" [EMAIL PROTECTED]::module /dest > > > > Ok, but what happened to the --rsh stuff? > > -e is another name for --rsh. > > > Are transfers always encrypted or is en

Re: a few basic questions

2006-02-15 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 19:12 -0500, Peter wrote: > $ rsync -av -e "ssh -l ssh-user" [EMAIL PROTECTED]::module /dest > > Ok, but what happened to the --rsh stuff? -e is another name for --rsh. > Are transfers always encrypted or is encryption activated with a specific > incantation? Rsync perform

a few basic questions

2006-02-15 Thread Peter
Hi folks. Running rsync on Slackware. I'm going over the man pages yet some aspects remain murky. Hopefully someone can set me straight. 1. The --rsh option, The man page explains that you can invoke a single-transfer daemon if you want some features that a daemon provides: $ rsync -av --rsh=