passwordless rsync?

[Suvayu Ali]

On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 09:58:37AM -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> On 05/29/2015 09:03 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
> >>rsync is the only command that rsnapshot will call on the source system.
> >I meant to say what command options rsnapshot adds to rsync, but I think
> >I can find that out by looking at short_options, and long_options in
> >rsnapshot.conf.
> 
> I wasn't clear, previously.  The script I provided can be used with
> rsnapshot (I use it with rsnapshot), and will support multiple paths. The
> script checks the original command, strips out the leading bits of the rsync
> command (only if it *is* and rsync command), verifies that the path exists,
> and then runs the original command.  It effectively limits the key so that
> it can only be used to pull data using rsync, but allows any path to be
> specified.

Great!  That's exactly what I need :).

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Suvayu

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