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  • From: Mads Laursen <dossen+sgl AT daimi.au.dk>
  • To: sm-discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Automating rsync through a script
  • Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 00:59:17 +0200

On 30/09/03 12.44, Casey Harkins wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Andrew wrote:
[snip expect stuff]
> Another option here would be to use public/private key system. Generate
> your keys, drop the public key on gambit.gotdns.org and leave the private
> key unencrypted on the local machine. Not any less secure than having the
> password in the script itself. If you're willing to type in a passphrase
> when you boot the machine, you could use ssh-agent and the private key
> would be kept encrypted.

Just a small hint, if you want to use ssh-agent, look into keychain.
It manages the ssh-agent, so that it is shared by all your logins to
the box (even cron-jobs and the like can utilize the key).

/dossen
--
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
-- Albert Einstein

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