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Asked: 2010-03-29 23:31:31 +0800 CST

username and password for rsync in script

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I'm creating a cron job to keep two dirs in sync. I'm using rsync. I'm running an rsync daemon. I read the manual and it says:

   RSYNC_PASSWORD
          Setting  RSYNC_PASSWORD  to  the required password allows you to
          run authenticated rsync connections to an rsync  daemon  without
          user  intervention. Note that this does not supply a password to
          a shell transport such as ssh.

   USER or LOGNAME
          The USER or LOGNAME environment variables are used to  determine
          the  default  username  sent  to an rsync daemon.  If neither is
          set, the username defaults to 'nobody'

I have something like:

#!/bin/bash
USER=name
RSYNC_PASSWORD=pass
DEST="myhost::mymodule"

/usr/bin/rsync -rltvvv . $DEST

I also tried exporting (dangerous, I know) USER and RSYNC_PASSWORD. I also tried with LOGNAME. Nothing works. Am I doing this correctly?

EDIT (for clarification)

I am using rsync version 2.6.9 under linux.

This command works:

/usr/bin/rsync -rltvvv . myuser@myhost::mymodule

I am prompted for the password and when I type it in, the transfer begins.

This is the error I get when trying via the script:

opening tcp connection to myhost port 873
opening connection using --server -vvvltr . mymodule
@ERROR: auth failed on module mymodule
rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at main.c(1383) [sender=2.6.9]
_exit_cleanup(code=5, file=main.c, line=1383): about to call exit(5)
scripting bash password rsync user-accounts

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Have you tried something like:

    rsync -rltvvv --password-file=/root/secret . user@host::dest
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  2. Use export RSYNC_PASSWORD=pass instead of RSYNC_PASSWORD=pass.

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  3. try this it works

    RSYNC_PASSWORD="yourpasswd"; rsync -rtv  -e user@host:/source /dest -p numberofport

    at the end to change port

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