passwordless SSH Rsync [Was : Disk Layout/Partitioning Practices]

[Felipe Alfaro Solana]

On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 11:38, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rui Miguel Seabra [mailto:rms at 1407.org]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 6:14 PM
> > 
> > On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 03:40, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> > > Now.. Can anyone tell me how to set up rsync to use ssh??
> > 
> > > rsync -ave ssh seems to be the idea but i keep geting
> > >ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
> > >whenever i try. (after setting up passwordless logins using SSH, from
> > > server1 to server2 I can get from server2 to server1 anymore!)
> > 
> > export RSYNC_RSH=ssh
> 
> 
> Hmm.. SNAFU here in my area. Didn't realise when I placed server2 into 
> server1's hosts.deny list. After I removed it, I can get to Server1 
> but I'm still being asked a password. 

Have you tried using public key authentication for SSH or, even better,
Kerberos IV? If my memory serves me well, there is a HOWTO at Red Hat
describing how to use ssh-keygen to create a private/public key pair and
how to add the public key to the remote server by placing it inside
.ssh/authorized_keys. Alternatively, man sshd contains interesting
information.