ssh keys

• Allows use of ssh transport for rsync without typing a password

• operates in 'pull' mode so that private keys are on backup server

• 'keychain' application keeps private keys cached (with ssh-agent) to allow connections from cron, or reattaching to existing agents

• very good howto with details: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-keyc2/ http://tinyurl.com/2vchv

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