From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Sat Dec 20 16:52:56 2003
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8A0616A4CE
	for <questions@freebsd.org>; Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:52:56 -0800 (PST)
Received: from madras.dyndns.org (dsl-137.241.240.220.dsl.comindico.com.au
	[220.240.241.137])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF7FA43D50
	for <questions@freebsd.org>; Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:52:52 -0800 (PST)
	(envelope-from ggop@madras.dyndns.org)
Received: from madras.dyndns.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by madras.dyndns.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hBL0orhN026043;
	Sun, 21 Dec 2003 11:50:55 +1100 (EST)
	(envelope-from ggop@madras.dyndns.org)
Received: (from ggop@localhost)
	by madras.dyndns.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id hBL0opj3026038;
	Sun, 21 Dec 2003 11:50:51 +1100 (EST)
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 11:50:50 +1100
From: Gautam Gopalakrishnan <ggop@madras.dyndns.org>
To: Brent Bailey <misterb@bmyster.com>
Message-ID: <20031221005050.GA26010@madras.dyndns.org>
References: <1935.65.162.190.4.1071968218.squirrel@new.host.name>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <1935.65.162.190.4.1071968218.squirrel@new.host.name>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i
cc: questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: rsync and unattended ssh syncing 2 machines
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 00:52:57 -0000

On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 07:56:58PM -0500, Brent Bailey wrote:
> ive been trying to get rsync to work with  unattended SSH and syncing of
> file systems
> between 2 machines running FBSD 4.9RC. I have rsync installed and i run a
> script like
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> remote="192.168.25.12"
> 
> fslist="/var/mail /var/db/mysql /usr/local/www/data /user2"
> 
>     for fs in $fslist ;
>     do
>       /usr/local/bin/rsync -avz --delete ${remote}:${fs}/ ${fs}/
>     done
> 
> but when i tail the logs of the remote machine i see..
> Dec 20 19:23:26 doppleganger sshd[24493]: Failed password for root from
> 192.168.25.1 port 4476


By default, root login is denied. In /etc/ssh/sshd_config, you would
need to add "PermitRootLogin yes".

hth
Gautam