[TriLUG] copying files

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Fri, 22 Jun 2012, Alan Porter wrote:

> You are 99% there.

I must not understand something.

I already have my private/public ssh keys which have a 
passphrase.

> step 1 - generate a public-private key pair using ssh-keygen -f keyname
> step 2 - copy the public part to your destination $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys

I now have an extra alternate keypair, which may or may not 
be passwordless (you don't say which)

> step 3 - tell rsync to use the private key
> rsync -auvz -e "ssh -i keyname -p xxx" src/foo/ user at host:/dest/foo/

I still have to use the passphrase (which may be blank) for 
the alternate keypair. Blank passphrases won't fly here. I'm 
not sure what will, but this won't.

Joe

> step 4 - profit!
>
>>  rsync -auvz -e "ssh -p xxx" src/foo/ user at host:/dest/foo/
>>
>>  To be scriptable this method needs a passwd-less ssh account. This
>>  isn't acceptable.
>
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