passwordless rsync?

[Suvayu Ali]

On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 05:23:41PM +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-05-29 at 18:08 +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote:
> > > This may be a far more controllable and flexible way to give rsync 
> > access,
> > > because you can use the .conf file at the server end to decide what 
> > may be
> > > backed up, and the rsync command in all its glory at the client end 
> > to
> > > decide what to ask for in a given run.
> > 
> > For me the server does the pulling.  I could try to explore the 
> > option
> > where the backup is initiated by the client.  I'll look at these
> > options, thank you!
> 
> Note that incremental rsync-based backup systems such as rsnapshot are
> designed for the server to pull from the client rather than vice versa. They will work the other way, but you'll take a big performance hit
> (about 10:1 in my experience).

Ah!  This is useful information.  I think with Gordon's script, I should
be able to setup a fairly automatic system :).

Cheers,

-- 
Suvayu

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