Re: cron'ing rsync over ssh

> My setup is: I run rsync daemonized on various server machines in my LAN
> - i.e., the source machines certain partitions of which I want to
> backup. I would like the client, the destination archiving machine, to
> run hourly crons over ssh, but so far the only thing I have been able to
>
> do is rsync across (as root so that I am not denied anything) only after
> interactively supplying my root password to the ssh daemon. How do I get
> around interactive ssh interactive password requirement so that I can
> cron all these rsync client requests regularly?
>
> I know passwordless implementation involve ssh-keygen and ssh-agent, but
>
> I haven't figured out what the proper usages are yet.

See "Secure Passwordless Logins with SSH" available at http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20021211.html or other similar articles linked from the OpenSSH page at http://www.openssh.com/press.html

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