On Jun 13, 2010, at 11:44 AM, <kamcginnis@gmail.com> <kamcginnis@gmail.com> wrote:

> a). They recommended that we use rsync for updating their Linux servers from our Windows development workstations. This

> works fine but we are not able to do this without manually typing in the password. If you Google this problem you will

> get a million hits (or more) so it is obviously a very common problem. None of the solutions work for us and most other

> people. This means we cannot automate the updating.

You need to set up public/private keys on the machines. If they are present, rsync will use them to authenticate and will not need a password. Google for "ssh-keygen" and I'm sure you'll find tons of information about how to do this.

-- Ed Leafe

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