John R Pierce wrote: > Florin Andrei wrote: >> >> The problem is, I can either set rsh to allow transfers without a >> password, or it won't let me transfer files at all. > > I've used rsync with the ssh 'blowfish' option on slow processors (older > sparcs, slower pentiums) with good success. Tried that, not good enough. Too bad ssh doesn't have a plain-text "encryption" option. :-) I've found a document saying that the rsh protocol is designed so that the only "authentication" method is .rhosts It cannot authenticate with a password, by design. Back to the drawing board. :-/ -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/