And, (cough, cough!, excuse my ignorance): Why 'ssh-keygen -t rsa' instead of 'ssh-keygen -t dsa' ? I have "heard" that 'dsa' is "better" that 'rsa' (and accepted that) but I don't recall how or why it's "better". ET Bryan O'Neal writes: > The easiest way is to use SSH encryption with key based authentication > to the remote box. If it sounds hard it certainly is not check out my > blog post here > > http://mlwtech.blogspot.com/2009/04/rsync-and-ssh-keys-presentation-on.html > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 8:28 AM, wrote: >> >> How can I use two (or more) 'rsync' commands in a single script without >> having to enter the password separately for each one? >> >> Below is a shortened example of a shell script that I use to update files >> from my local computer to my web host. It works fine, except I have to >> enter the password separately for each of the 'rsync' commands. >> >> How can I modify this so I only have to enter the password once (or >> perhaps embed the password for each one within the script)? >> >> # update.blue >> >> rsync -avHp --progress /home/joe/mydata/upquick/ >> vsiq@box5.bluehost.com:www/upquick/ >> >> rsync -avHp --progress /home/joe/mydata/zip/ vsiq@box5.bluehost.com:www/zip/ >> >> rsync -avHp --progress /home/joe/mydata/av7/ vsiq@box5.bluehost.com:www/av7/ >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss