[K12OSN] rsync help

[Doug Simpson]

You can just ut the username and password on the line, like this. . .

rsync -e ssh -avz -o username=<username>,password=<password>password 
user at servera:/path/to/files/ user at serverb:/path/to/destination

<usernmame> and <password> would be valid for the account with the 
apropropriate rights.

Doug


Dimitri Yioulos wrote:

>Good morning to all.
>
>I note at least some of you use rsync on a regular basis, and would appreciate 
>your help.
>
>Some background info.:  both A and B run CentOS 3.5.  SSH and rsync are 
>installed, and I created the user rsync, on both machines.
>
>I have a project in which I need to update files in a directory on server B 
>with the originals on server A.  I have a script that accomplishes this using 
>rsync, and it works very well.  However, I'm prompted for a password when 
>connecting to server B.  As I want to cron the running of the script, I don't 
>want to be prompted for the password.
>
>I've read how-to's on using rsync, and believe that I must create an rsync 
>server on server B.  I guess that entails creating an rsyncd.conf file, then 
>running rysnc as a daemon.  Prior to that, however, it looks like I need to 
>create an rsa key pair on server A, then get the public key to server B.  
>I've done this.  The how-to's go on to say that I should load the key into 
>memory with the "ssh-add" command.  That doesn't work unless I use the 
>"ssh-agent $SHELL" first.  I've done this, as well.  However, when I try to 
>access server B with the "slogin" command, I'm still prompted for a password.
>
>I really need to set this up so that the script will run unattended.  Your 
>help would be most appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Dimitri
>
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