I have about 12 NT servers that I want to backup 1 directory to my Linux Server. The problem I am having is trying to get it not to ask for the user's password. I am trying to use ssh. I just installed the latest cygwin on my NT server (1.3.4). Rsync is 2.4.6. What I have tried was on the NT machine, I ran ssh-keygen (no passphrase) and then added the identity.pub to the Linux box in the /home/thomas/.ssh/authorized_keys. When I run: rsync -uv -e ssh *.* thomas@linuxbox:backup/ it asks for a password. Besides asking for the password, it works fine. Only the files changed are updated and it is FAST! I saw the ssh-agent. Do I need to use it? and how? Is there something I need to do on my Linux server? I am pretty new to Linux, and have a long way to go to be an "expert", but I can get around.
Thanks for any help. Thomas Lambert VP DSC Associates, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lapo Luchini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 5:23 PM Subject: Re: using rsync to backup windows workstations > As officially I'm the mantainer of cygwin's rsync package I feel I must add > something.. 0=) > > > a) rsync binaries for win32/cygwin are now available from the binaries > > section of the rsync web pages, maintained by someone at redhat I think > > Maintained by me, I don't work for redhat, and sadly I have a bit too little time > to maintain it as I should... > > > b) the version attached is so old that you really shouldn't attempt to use it. > > Get the latest CVS version and add Wayne Davison's patches (see > > mailing list archives), in particular for use with Windoze systems, > > then compile it yourself with cygwin > > ...but not so little not to compile it with Wayne's patches (actual patch is the > latest anti-hang available at the date of the release of cygwin's rsync-2.4.6-2 > package) ;-) > > If there's some patch that I missed (I read this mailing list since when I began to > mantain that package, but reading only headers of most messages maybe I missed > something...) please point it to me and I'll release a new verison shortly =) > > Please note that I'm not an "expert programmer" of rsync, just a person that likes > and uses it (and wants maybe to become such an expert, btw): in cygwin one package > can't exist in the distribution if there's not a mantainer... so I hope that the > effort I put in it is not wasted, even if it's maybe not enough... [I've got a bit > of guild for that eheh] > > > c) it's easy to compile under cygwin, and cygwin is easy to install, so I > > strongly recommend doing that > > That's true, it compiles out-of-the box. > The main problem is that in winsocks if the socket is closed a RST is sent, not > flushing the cache. > This creates many errors at the end of trasnfer, especially in the daemon mode > (which is not addressed by the patch I used, I bet). > > > d) also install openssh which compiles cleanly under cygwin and is much > > more reliable than the ssh that is attached here > > Compiles cleanly and is available as a binary. > > If anyone wants to ask some more question.. feel free, even if I don't know nothing > "special" about it, as I said I had not had the time to completely study and > understand rsync source... > > C ya, > Lapo > > -- > Lapo Luchini > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PGP & X.509 keys available) > http://www.lapo.it (ICQ UIN: 529796) > > >