rsync without password

[John Pierce]

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Vladimir <vladimir at highskytech.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm getting a bit annoying researching for a way to synchronize my home few
> boxes using rsync.
> I was trying to use /etc/rcync.conf and rcync.secrets on a destination host.
> I also was trying to generate id_rsa.pub on source host and transfer it to
> the destination.
> I simply was trying to use RSYNC_PASSWORD environment variable on both
> source and destination and absolutelly no luck to exchange files without
> prompting for a password.
>
> Any help would be greately appreciated.
> Vladimir
>
>
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This should get you a long way toward the passwordless ssh login:

http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/152

I used this and it does function.

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