[K12OSN] Way OT: scripting help

[Les Mikesell]

Dimitri Yioulos wrote:

> Thanks, Dan.  OK, I had considered rsync.  If I've set up my system to do 
> automatic authentication for an scp session, does that carry over to rsync 
> (or is the attending ssh covered)?  D you understand my question (I just 
> barely do  :-)  )?

Yes, 'rsync -essh ...' (the default for newer versions) uses the same 
underlying ssh authentication mechanisms as scp - or an interactive ssh 
session for that matter.  If you have set up ssh key authentication for 
passwordless access, rsync over ssh will work too.

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