On Wed, Apr 29, 2009, James Bensley wrote: >Hi All, > >I have a win2k3 server that its backing up to a CentOS 5.3 server. On >the Win2k3 machine I plan to have rsync back up nightly to the CentOS >server through ssh. The command I am using is as follows: > >rsync -vrPtz -e ssh myuser at myserver:/remote/backup/folder/ /local/backup/folder/ > >This all works great for the inital test except its prompts me for a >password for "myuser" (as you would except) but how can I embed the >password for ssh into the command line? Or can I not? We use rsync modules, hostname::modulename, extensively for things like this as they can restrict the remote host to specific directories, and IP address/CIDR block ranges without using ssh. For things like rsync dns updates of djbdns/tinydns data files, this can be done without encryption. Where the data is sensitive, doing the update over OpenVPN tunnels works nicely. Bill -- INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson