On Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 22:45:28, Justin Holleb wrote: > Does rdiff-backup have some facility to specify the ssh passphrase > automatically during a cron? Has anyone had to set it up like this? I > realize that the solution will likely be less secure but one of the > requirements is that the key must have a passphrase.. Willing to use > bash or perl
Use ssh keys - run "ssh-keygen rsa" on the side that's invoking ssh, and copy the contents of the generated .pub file to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the side you're connecting to (don't set any passphrase for the private key). -- < Jernej Simončič ><><><><>< http://eternallybored.org/ > Don't take life too seriously; you won't get out of it alive. -- Hubbard's Law _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
