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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 19:08:41 -0500
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You should be able to use rsync -e ssh and call it from system agent

Don Littlefield II wrote:

>Hi there folks,
>
>I need some advice on how to do what I initially
>thought would be a simply thing.
>
>Basically, on a scheduled basis, I need to rsync some
>files between hostA to hostB.
>
>I have to make use of SSH for the connection which is
>where my troubles are coming in.  As this process
>needs to be automated and hands off, I need to make
>the authentication happen automatically.
>
>Interactively, I can run ssh-agent and then ssh-add to
>get rsync to continue without a prompt.  However, as
>this process needs to be scripted and work after
>reboots with no fiddling...im in a bit of a rut.
>
>I cannot see how I can get ssh-agent running as a
>service. I've seen some posts from folks on this, but
>I tried their methods to no avail.  While I do get
>ssh-agent running as a service, the needed env
>variables are not set and so ssh-add does not work.
>
>Maybe there is some other workaround to this or there
>is some better solution you folks can think of.  My
>only other possibility is using a Perl script I wrote
>using SCP to do the sync with Net::SCP::Expect..,
>but...rsync is more robust and hence I would like to
>stick with it.
>
>Any ideas appreciated!
>
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