On Jun 13, 2010, at 11:44 AM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
wrote:
> a). They recommended that we use rsync for updating their Linux servers from
> our Windows development workstations. This
> works fine but we are not able to do this without manually typing in the
> password. If you Google this problem you will
> get a million hits (or more) so it is obviously a very common problem. None
> of the solutions work for us and most other
> people. This means we cannot automate the updating.
You need to set up public/private keys on the machines. If they are
present, rsync will use them to authenticate and will not need a password.
Google for "ssh-keygen" and I'm sure you'll find tons of information about how
to do this.
-- Ed Leafe
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