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  From: Christopher Yeoh <cyeoh@samba.org>
  To  : Linux SA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 16:49:21 +1000

Re: Backup using FTP

David Newall writes:
> >> the system security.
> > Better still, use scp or secure copy.... no password be sent as clear 
> > text.... :)
> 
> Certainly more secure, but not so cron-able.  For those who don't quite

Well you can create another ssh identify file which has no
passphrase[1] which then works well for cron jobs. Just have to make
sure that no one else can read your identify file (ie relying heavily
on local file security).

Normally I'd suggest just using rsync, but I don't know if it builds
on the server machine he wants to use.

Chris.

[1] Normally a very bad thing to do!
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yeohc@au1.ibm.com
IBM OzLabs Linux Development Group
Canberra, Australia

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