On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:20 PM, Mike Wright <mike.wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've been trying to use a script to pull some data from a remote machine > using rsync. > > According to the manpage I shouldn't have to interactively provide a > password if I set RSYNC_PASSWORD. I believe the section you refer to talks about the rsync daemon. As I understand, most remote paths like user@host:/path implicitly use ssh. Maybe you are using ssh and not rsync? If you are using ssh, I would recommend authenticating with ssh public keys. HTH. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
