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bill bogstad wrote: > On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 12:02 PM, dan moylan <jdm at moylan.us> wrote: > > > When you run rsync, pass it "-e ssh -i /home/jdm/.ssh/rsync.key" > > > You should have a fairly safe passwordless rsync. > > > > rsync -e ssh -i /home/moylan/.ssh/rsync.key --archive --delete > > --compress /home/moylan/bac/ 192.168.0.103:bac > > > > still asked for a password. any idea what i might have > > missed (or done wrong)? > 1. Try running ssh with "-v" option and have it tell you why it failed to > > use other authentication methods. next time. > REAL ANSWER*** 2. -e takes a single argument. I believe > you have to quote the whole thing i.e. > rsync -e "ssh -i ...." .... yup, got it. > Personally, I usually write a trivial shell script to > encompass all of the ssh arguments that I want and invoke it > as: > rsync -e special-ssh-script-for-this-backup yup, my standard modus operendi, otherwise i never remember all the options. all is well now. tnx all, ole dan j. daniel moylan 84 harvard ave brookline, ma 02446-6202 617-232-2360 (tel) jdm at moylan.us www.moylan.us [death to html bloat!]
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