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[Discuss] rsync password -- revisit



On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 09:55:04, Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 08:40:44AM -0400, dan moylan wrote:

>> i have a script to rsync a number of directories between two
>> computers on my local net and would like to avoid having to
>> enter my password for each one.  i thought i could do this
>> using hosts.equiv, but it's not working for me.  i solved
>> this once before a number of years ago, but i'm undoubtedly
>> forgetting something now.  any help would be appreciated.

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i had the public key where i should have had the private one
-- very embarassing -- thanks to all who replied.

ole dan

j. daniel moylan
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brookline, ma 02446-6202
617-777-0207 (cel)
jdm at moylan.us
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