Re: rsync-backup

2003-10-10 Thread MKlinke
On Friday 10 October 2003 15:01, Bret Hughes wrote: > On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 14:16, Bill Tangren wrote: > > Chris Purcell wrote: > > >>I tried this on both the backup machine, and the machine to be > > >> backed up. I still get prompted for a password. Could you (or > > >> someone else) provide an e

Re: rsync-backup

2003-10-10 Thread Bill Tangren
MKlinke wrote: Did you put id_dsa or id_dsa.pub into the authorized_keys2 file above. It should be the public key that is inserted. Regards, Mike Klinke That was it. I used id_dsa, not id_dsa.pub, the public key. Thanks, Bill -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

Re: rsync-backup

2003-10-10 Thread MKlinke
On Friday 10 October 2003 14:48, Bill Tangren wrote: > MKlinke wrote: > > On Friday 10 October 2003 13:35, Bill Tangren wrote: > >>MKlinke wrote: > >>>On Thursday 09 October 2003 10:41, Aly Dharshi wrote: > Hello, > > So how do you sort out the passwd when ssh asks for one, do you >

Re: rsync-backup

2003-10-10 Thread Bill Tangren
Bret Hughes wrote: On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 14:16, Bill Tangren wrote: Chris Purcell wrote: I tried this on both the backup machine, and the machine to be backed up. I still get prompted for a password. Could you (or someone else) provide an example of how you would use this in a script that uses rs

Re: rsync-backup

2003-10-10 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 14:16, Bill Tangren wrote: > Chris Purcell wrote: > >>I tried this on both the backup machine, and the machine to be backed > >>up. I still get prompted for a password. Could you (or someone else) > >>provide an example of how you would use this in a script that uses rsync > >

Re: rsync-backup

2003-10-10 Thread Bill Tangren
MKlinke wrote: On Friday 10 October 2003 13:35, Bill Tangren wrote: MKlinke wrote: On Thursday 09 October 2003 10:41, Aly Dharshi wrote: Hello, So how do you sort out the passwd when ssh asks for one, do you have it in some secret file ? 'ssh-agent' is one option for this.. %eval `ssh-

Re: rsync-backup

2003-10-10 Thread MKlinke
On Friday 10 October 2003 13:35, Bill Tangren wrote: > MKlinke wrote: > > On Thursday 09 October 2003 10:41, Aly Dharshi wrote: > >>Hello, > >> > >>So how do you sort out the passwd when ssh asks for one, do you > >> have it in some secret file ? > > > > 'ssh-agent' is one option for this.. > >

Re: rsync-backup

2003-10-10 Thread Bill Tangren
Chris Purcell wrote: I tried this on both the backup machine, and the machine to be backed up. I still get prompted for a password. Could you (or someone else) provide an example of how you would use this in a script that uses rsync and ssh to backup files from one machine to another? I read the ma

Re: rsync-backup

2003-10-10 Thread Chris Purcell
> I tried this on both the backup machine, and the machine to be backed > up. I still get prompted for a password. Could you (or someone else) > provide an example of how you would use this in a script that uses rsync > and ssh to backup files from one machine to another? I read the man > pages fo

Re: rsync-backup

2003-10-10 Thread Bill Tangren
MKlinke wrote: On Thursday 09 October 2003 10:41, Aly Dharshi wrote: Hello, So how do you sort out the passwd when ssh asks for one, do you have it in some secret file ? 'ssh-agent' is one option for this.. %eval `ssh-agent` %ssh-add This will store and apply the key when required. Re

Re: rsync-backup

2003-10-09 Thread Ian Mortimer
> i am just trying to use rsync for backup , can anybody tell me how i can > do incremental backup ie only the new or modified files should go for backup rsync does that by default. If you want to save a backup history using rsync see: http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/ -- Ia

Re: rsync-backup

2003-10-09 Thread Michael Gargiullo
The user the backup script runs as needs to exchange it's ssh key to the machine it connects to. Now it won't ask for a ssh password. On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 11:41, Aly Dharshi wrote: > Hello, > > So how do you sort out the passwd when ssh asks for one, do you have it > in some secret file ?

Re: rsync-backup

2003-10-09 Thread MKlinke
On Thursday 09 October 2003 10:41, Aly Dharshi wrote: > Hello, > > So how do you sort out the passwd when ssh asks for one, do you have > it in some secret file ? > 'ssh-agent' is one option for this.. %eval `ssh-agent` %ssh-add This will store and apply the key when required. Regards,

Re: rsync-backup

2003-10-09 Thread Aly Dharshi
Hello, So how do you sort out the passwd when ssh asks for one, do you have it in some secret file ? Cheers, Aly. On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 08:13, Bill Tangren wrote: > shyam wrote: > > hi guys > > > > i am just trying to use rsync for backup , can anybody tell me how i can

Re: rsync-backup

2003-10-09 Thread Bill Tangren
shyam wrote: hi guys i am just trying to use rsync for backup , can anybody tell me how i can do incremental backup ie only the new or modified files should go for backup any help is precious This is a script that I use to do hourly backups of the /home directory on one of my servers: #! /bin

rsync-backup

2003-10-09 Thread shyam
hi guys i am just trying to use rsync for backup , can anybody tell me how i can do incremental backup ie only the new or modified files should go for backup any help is precious -- :-)"Success is not a Long jump nor a High jump ,its a Marathon of Steps":-) _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ Shyama Sundar G.