Re: [Duplicity-talk] rsysync nc backend

[Olivier Berger]

Hi.

Le mercredi 12 mai 2010 à 11:59 +0200, address@hidden a écrit :
> > Uh... I fear the question wasn't clear (and the subject weird ;).
> 
> was kinda late ;)
> 
> > Could you elaborate a bit more : disabling what/when ?
> >
> > AFAICT, the current way I'm using duplicity over ssh/scp is fine WRT
> > passwords... dunno for rsync... is it using "rsync -e ssh" ?
> 
> the rsync backend supports "rsync -e ssh" and "rsync rsync://"
> 
> > Maybe I missed previous discussion and that's why I'm confused :-/
> 
> yes you did, but anyway
> 
> the rsync backend in the current state lets ssh do a password prompt if 
> the key authentication fails. This happens for every run of 'rsync -e 
> ssh'. Unfortunately there is no way except pexpect (which i am in no 
> mood to implement) to deliver a password through duzplicity to ssh.

OK, a bit clearer now ;)

Maybe there's the way of using SSH_ASKPASS which could be directed to
using any script that echos the password to stdout...

I did use this to do unattended cvs/svn checkouts at times.

Maybe this could be useful to the goal you're achieving ?

My 2 cents,

Best regards,
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Olivier BERGER <address@hidden>
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