Re: rsync+ssh how to

["David Busby" <busby pnts com>]

2 & 3 are so that the machine (client) connecting to the server doesn't have
to have a password.  So do #2 on the client machine, then you must give that
key to the server.
This document talks about SSH auto-login (which is what this is).

http://www.edoceo.com/liberum/default.php?doc=ssh-automatic-login

/B


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jianping Zhu" <zjp arches uga edu>
To: <redhat-list redhat com>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 07:36
Subject: rsync+ssh how to


> I am try to following the link
> http://killyridols.net/rsyncssh.shtml
> to set up rsync+ssh how to use rsync+ssh to do backup
>
> I met some problems. in the link it says:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>    1. make sure ssh and rsync are installed on both computers
>    2. ssh-keygen -t dsa as root
>    3. choose a location other than /root/.ssh/id_dsa (ex.
>        /root/.ssh/remotehost.id_dsa)
>    4. enter a BLANK passphrase
>    5. write a file called config inside /root/.ssh/ with options like
> these
>
> Host remotehost
>  User root
>  Compression yes
>  Protocol 2
>  RSAAuthentication yes
>  StrictHostKeyChecking no
>  ForwardAgent yes
>  ForwardX11 yes
>  IdentityFile /root/.ssh/remotehost.id_dsa
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> My question is: 2 is for both server/client computers or just for server?
>                 how about 3?
>
> What remotehost should be?
>
> Thanks
>
> --------------------------------
> Jianping Zhu
> Department of Computer Science
> Univerity of Georgia
> Athens, GA 30602
> Tel 706 5423900
> --------------------------------
>
>
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