Re: rsync with ssh

[John Corey <whoop@mtco.com>]

charles@lunarmedia.net wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> I have a server set up to mirror another's directory structure using rsync
> with ssh as the transport so I am able to get a fair amount of security in
> the transfer.
> 
> Since I want to do the transfer off hours, I have a cron job to run rsync
> in the wee hours of the morn. Unfortunately, since I am using ssh, when
> rsync connects, it is prompted to enter the passphrase for the user
> connecting. Now, I am no expect scripter, or any kinda scripter for that
> matter, but I just feel that there must be some way to automate the
> passing of the phrase so this can run without a hitch and I can sleep
> through it. I read the man for rsync a number of times, and I just don't
> see an option to send anything to an expected prompt. Is anyone familiar
> with how to do this?

What you need is expect.  It's been a while since I used it, but it's
just an extension to Tcl, with the sort of "wait for" and "send" clauses
of any modem dialing script.

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