On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 10:15:59AM -0500, Thomas Lambert wrote: >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.
Instead of using ssh, why don't you use straight rsync, with rsync running in server mode on the Linux box. You should probably put separate entries in /etc/rsyncd.conf for each Windows box something like the one below that I use to backup our local hardware suffering from the Microsoft Virus, W2K. [dumbo_backup] uid = root gid = root path = /rd0/backups/dumbo read only = false use chroot = false comment = Backup for Dumbo Win2K hosts allow = 192.168.253.28 hosts deny = * Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ Breathe fire, slay dragons, and take chances. Failure is temporary, regret is eternal.