Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 15:45:05 +0200 From: Michael O Shea <micheal@com4u.ch> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: anonymous rsync or RSA Auth with empty passwd? Message-ID: <p04320410b5b9b32bed00@[10.10.10.150]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10008110935480.77161-100000@ns0.sitesnow.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10008110935480.77161-100000@ns0.sitesnow.com>
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> > >> Why anonymous ? Use Rsyncs security settings.Define your Modules and >> who can sync them. >> You can run RSYNC over SSH if you wish. > > >Because I want to run this via cron every night I was looking for a >solution that didn't need a password to be entered. I can use the host >allows and deny in the rsyncd.conf and also turn off listing of the >modules and give the modules funky names for an extra "layer" of security. >Albeit a weak/corny one. Sound like a viable solution? > Do not run rsync direct from cron. Instead get cron to run a script say myrsync.csh , which could be #! /bin/csh cd /usr/bin setenv RSYNC_PASSWORD blabla rsync -avW --stats --delete and so on....... -- Micheal O Shea Email:micheal@com4u.ch com4u.ch http://www.com4u.ch Breitistrasse 7B PGP key available upon request. CH-5506 Maegenwil Tel: +41 62 896 46 26 Switzerland To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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