[wellylug] Rsync

[andrej at paradise.net.nz]

Quoting "E.Chalaron" <e.chalaron at xtra.co.nz>:

> 
> Hi there
> I am trying to Rsync my machines to transfer data overnight in my local
> 
> network.
> 
> I managed to use Rsync with SSH, but a/ it is an overkill and b/ running
> it in 
> a crontab may probably not work because of the pasword.
> My guess is that an anonymous rsync will be the best, but I am getting 
> confused wit the syntax...
> 
> The following is working Ok but needs a password
> sync -az --stats --rsh=ssh rimutaka:/home/movies /home/work
All you need to do is set-up a passwordless ssh
connection for that user-account.

On the machine where this will be invoked:
ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub user at machine

> Can anybody help ?
> Thanks
> E
Cheers,
Andrej