Vincent,
You might want to look into the "expect" command. It allows you to
interact with programs (similar to writing a ppp script). However,
if you will be putting in passwords, of course be VERY careful
with the read-write permissions on the scripts. The man page has
some info, and I'm sure you'd be able to find something out on
the net about it.
Good luck,
Chris
Vincent Danen wrote:
>
> I've got a client that wants to do backups off-site on my machine. I've
> setup a user pointing to a non-standard home directory
> /files/backup-client and am using rsync with ssh. I'd like to automate
> the process somehow, but I don't want to run rsyncd on my system. With
> ssh it always asks for a password. How can I avoid this? I'm currently
> using:
>
> rsync /home -r --copy-unsafe-links -l -p -o -g -t -e ssh
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:./
>
> Is there a way I can either prevent ssh from asking for a password and
> read it from an environment variable or a file? I'd like to throw this
> into a cronjob and let it go once a night. The reason I want to use ssh
> is it's being sent across the internet so having a secure tunnel is
> relatively vital since files in /home and /etc are being transferred.
>
> Any ideas?
>
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