rsync question?

gene heskett gheskett at shentel.net
Tue Oct 28 23:06:35 UTC 2025


ping?

On 10/27/25 23:03, gene heskett wrote:
> Trying to setup a custom backup script here.
> I have 2-way ssh logins w/o pw's using rsa keyfiles instead between the
> machine containing an 11Tb raid6, and all it clients, but rsync insists
> on running its huge username/pw requestor.  This of course kills any
> possibility of crontab-ing it.
>
> Is there an optional --option for rsync so it uses the 4096 bit keyfiles
> instead of the pw for machine to machine copies? The man page for
> rsync-3.2.7 seems silent.
>
> Thank you all.
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
>

Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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