Re: Using public key based authentication with ssh (was Re: rsync down)
Erik Huelsmann <[email protected]>
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Hi Raymond, It's possible to create a passwordless key. I use that mechanism for cronjobs myself. Regards, Erik On Oct 8, 2014 7:19 AM, "Raymond Toy" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>> "Mark" == Mark Evenson <[email protected]> writes: > > Mark> On 07 Oct 2014, at 05:36, Raymond Toy <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Evenson <[email protected]> writes: > >> > Mark> On 10/5/14 16:58, Raymond Toy wrote: > >>>> On 10/5/14 2:18 AM, Mark Evenson wrote: > >>>>> On 10/5/14 0:41, Raymond Toy wrote: > >>>>> As the subject says, rsync appears to be down. > >>>>> > >>>>> I've been using rsync to do periodic backups of ], so can we get > >>>>> rsync restored? > >>>>> > >>>>> Hmmm. The 'rsync' binary is still present: > >>>>> > >>>>> what do you mean by "rsync" is down? Did you use something other than > >>>>> "rsync through ssh connection"? > >>>>> > >>>> Sorry, I should have been clearer. I've had a cronjob for years that > >>>> basically does: > >>>> > >>>> rsync -av rsync://common-lisp.net/project/cmucl/cvsroot cmucl/cvsroot > >>>> > >>>> When I run this now, I get this error: > >> > Mark> Indeed rsyncd is not running as a service. > >> > Mark> Any reason you don't simply change your usage to: > >> > Mark> rsync -avz [email protected]:/project/cmucl/cvsroot cmucl/cvsroot > >> > Mark> using "rsync over ssh" instead of "rsyncd"? > >> > >> Doesn't that require that I supply my password (or ssh credentials)? > >> I don't know how to do that in a crontab script. > > Mark> One would use the public key based authentication scheme. From the ssh(1) manual page: > > > I am using public key authentication; my c-l.net account has > authorized_keys set up so I can ssh in without using my password > (which I've now forgotten). > > But for this to work, don't I have to run ssh-agent/ssh-add? I can't > do that from my cron job. > > Am I missing something? > > -- > Ray > > > _______________________________________________ > Clo-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clo-devel _______________________________________________ Clo-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clo-devel