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Old 03-22-2005
calling rsync without promting to input password
Hi ,
I am trying to call rsync from a perl script. I do not want to get promted for each file transfer.
Is there is any way i can avoid prompting for password?
I tried to store it in file and use rsync --password-file option.
Command :
Code:
$rsync --password-file=pass.txt -crgpto -e /usr/bin/ssh2 -v --rsync-path=/binlib/local/bin/rsync src  dest

But i still get promt to enter the password.

Any pointers ????

Thanks
Mandira
Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 12-10-2010 at 05:13 AM.. Reason: added code tags
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Old 03-22-2005
From the man page of rsync:


Quote:
--password-file
This option allows you to provide a password in a file for
accessing a remote rsync server. Note that this option is only
useful when accessing a rsync server using the built in
transport, not when using a remote shell as the transport. The
file must not be world readable. It should contain just the
password as a single line.
Why not just create a passwordless key for that user and stick it in .ssh/authorized_keys on the target server?
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