Re: How 'rsync' two in a script with one password?

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Author: kitepilot@kitepilot.com
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Subject: Re: How 'rsync' two in a script with one password?
And, (cough, cough!, excuse my ignorance):
Why 'ssh-keygen -t rsa' instead of 'ssh-keygen -t dsa' ?

I have "heard" that 'dsa' is "better" that 'rsa' (and accepted that) but I
don't recall how or why it's "better".
ET




Bryan O'Neal writes:

> The easiest way is to use SSH encryption with key based authentication
> to the remote box. If it sounds hard it certainly is not check out my
> blog post here
>
> http://mlwtech.blogspot.com/2009/04/rsync-and-ssh-keys-presentation-on.html
>
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 8:28 AM, <> wrote:
>>
>> How can I use two (or more) 'rsync' commands in a single script without
>> having to enter the password separately for each one?
>>
>> Below is a shortened example of a shell script that I use to update files
>> from my local computer to my web host. It works fine, except I have to
>> enter the password separately for each of the 'rsync' commands.
>>
>> How can I modify this so I only have to enter the password once (or
>> perhaps embed the password for each one within the script)?
>>
>> # update.blue
>>
>> rsync -avHp --progress /home/joe/mydata/upquick/
>> :www/upquick/
>>
>> rsync -avHp --progress /home/joe/mydata/zip/ :www/zip/
>>
>> rsync -avHp --progress /home/joe/mydata/av7/ :www/av7/
>>
>>
>>
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