FAQ7

Art Sackett <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.hdup.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Howdy:

I'm not yet using hdup, but intend to start very soon. In the meantime, I'm 
wondering if it might not be preferable to suggest using the keychain script 
to keep one's ssh keys available for cron jobs than to suggest creating a key 
with no passphrase, as you suggest in question number 7 of your FAQ.

More on keychain:

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/keychain.xml
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc2/
http://www.linux-mag.com/2002-08/potm_01.html

I have a few cronned jobs that use ssh, and keychain works to keep me from 
having to jump through hoops. No vacant passphrases, no problems. The only 
time I have to think about it is on those rare occasions when the machine gets 
rebooted.

Just a thought. Thanks for hdup, and keep up the good work!

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