John - That was EXACTLY what I was looking for...now to write it down. I had my thinking process challenged :-) when I got an error message upon trying to copy the key from the sender to the recipient: there is a new server at the address so it's key is no longer valid. A little editing in authorized_keys was needed. This is the problem of visiting my server every year or so (and why I like Linux - it just runs once setup!).... Thank you again.... Todd John R Pierce wrote: > Todd Cary wrote: >> About a year and a half ago, someone answered a request on how to set >> up rsync so that the encryption was automatically setup (wish I knew >> more about the technical aspects). It has been in use for the time >> since then and it has been great. Now I have to replace the >> destination computer and setting up, what I call the encryption part, >> is the part I have forgotten how to do. This is the command line: >> >> /usr/bin/rsync -av -e ssh /home/ 192.168.0.22:/home/ >> >> Is there anyone who can translate what I am trying to do? >> >> Todd >> > > its using a ssh server, you just need to setup SSH public keys. > > look up ssh-keygen. for example (random howto found by google), > http://kimmo.suominen.com/docs/ssh/ ... note, that you need to use a > blank 'passphrase' if you want automatic rsync sessions to run w/o > user intervention. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Ariste Software 2200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523