Re: rsync and ssh simple question

[MKlinke <mklinke axsi com>]

On Wednesday 01 October 2003 07:32, Jason Dixon wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 08:15, Nathalie Boulos wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > i'm using rsync with ssh to connect to a remote host
> > and mirror a website.
> >
> > I want to put the command in crontab and i don't want
> > ssh to ask for password before opening the connexion.
> >
> > Anyone knows how can i avoid that?
>
> You'll want to generate ssh keys with a null passphrase, then
> distribute the public keys to the remote systems you want to login
> to.  Please search the archives, I've posted a detailed explanation
> before.

I haven't tried it with crontab so I don't know if it'll fit here but 
with batch jobs like this via ssh the ssh-agent mechanism works very 
well. The thought of null passphrases just leave me a little cold and 
shivering ....

Regards,  Mike Klinke