hello, i have to keep three servers uptodate and i would like to do this using rsync. as far as i know there are several security concerns about rsync, so is there another tool available that can do this for me ? btw ... i am using sftp to encrypt my ftp-session ? maybe there's a similiar tool for rsync available, too ? regards, jens --------------------------------------------------------------------------- instant networks - netzwerkmanagment & internetfullservices
Jens Georg wrote:
hello,
i have to keep three servers uptodate and i would like to do this using rsync. as far as i know there are several security concerns about rsync, so is there another tool available that can do this for me ? btw ... i am using sftp to encrypt my ftp-session ? maybe there's a similiar tool for rsync available, too ?
use rsync over ssh (-e ssh) and all will be fine ;) you can use dsa/rsa keys for authentification like sftp/ssh does and that should solve your problem -- intraDAT AG http://www.intradat.com Wilhelm-Leuschner-Strasse 7 Tel: +49 69-25629-0 D - 60329 Frankfurt am Main Fax: +49 69-25629-256 Junk mail is war. RFCs do not apply.
On Thursday 24 January 2002 13:16, Jens Georg wrote:
i have to keep three servers uptodate and i would like to do this using rsync. as far as i know there are several security concerns about rsync, so is there another tool available that can do this for me ? btw ... i am using sftp to encrypt my ftp-session ? maybe there's a similiar tool for rsync available, too ?
Are you confusing rsync with old versions of rdist, and the other r commands which used host based privileged port authentication? As discussed in previous thread on rsync, use rsync -essh for the transport to be ssh (modern versions of rdist also allow you to choose alternative remote shells from rsh), and don't enable rsync daemons in inetd.conf. Rob
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