El Lunes, 3 de Septiembre de 2007 20:54, Paul Ward escribió: > Hi Peeps, > > Does anyone know if it is possible to use rsync to back up an ftp site > that uses a password. > > I am aware of rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/SRC [DEST] but how do I > handle the password? > > If this is not possible does it mean I have to use sftp? > > Thanks in advance Never tried that, but I did try using ftp+netrc As you probably know, you can create the .netrc file and insert there everything you want to do, then just ftp IP will make everything you filed in the .netrc, for instance: machine 192.168.1.1 login whatever password foo macdef init prompt ascii cd /mnt/backup mget important_file1 bye Hope this helps Manuel -- Manuel Arostegui Ramirez. Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list