Hi all,

I am trying to write a script that syncs files from source to destination. I have one centralized server that can ssh to any servers without pw. Now when I run the script, it can ssh to source server perfectly fine, but you need to enter password for destination server. Was wondering how I can clean this up before I start using case statements

Below is a sample I wrote

#!/bin/bash

#This scripts syncs shit

echo "Type in ID: "
read ID

echo "Type in Server : " #source server
read S

echo "Type in Destination Server: "
read DS

if [ $S == 9 ]; then
ssh -t "root@"$S"webserver1" "rsync -av /home/rlui/"$ID "root@"$DS"webserver2:/home/rlui/";
ssh -t "root@"$S"webserver1" "rsync -av /home/rlui/tmp/"$ID "root@sl"$DS"webserver2:/home/rlui/tmp/"
exit 1

where S and DS are cluster numbers

I apologize in advance if I am not clear on anything

Your server is not sshing to $S and $DS, your server is only sshing to $S and then telling $S to ssh to $DS. $S needs to be able to ssh into $DS without a password if you want it to work as written.

I do not believe rsync will allow you to sync between two remote systems without a direct ssh connection between them. You'll either need to set up ssh keys between your source and destination servers and use your code as-written, or do the sync in two steps using your centralized server as a neutral 3rd party:
rsync -av root@$S:/dir $S/dir
rsync -av $S/dir root@$DS:/dir

thanks,

I was just thinking about setting up ssh keys between the two source and destination servers. And I think the man page for rsync specified that you cannot sync between two remotes. Besides that, I don't know any other way to sync between two remote servers without pw prompt. This is so that if there are any big moves, I don't want to be up all night watching the progress of it.

thanks suicidaleggroll ->

I am now experimenting with ssh-keys and modifying my script a bit

I am now playing with this line

ssh -t "root@sl"$SL"svc1" `rsync -e "ssh -l /root/.ssh/fileserver" -av` "/home/rlui/"$PLID "root@sl"$DSL"svc2:/home/rlui/";

I think my quotes might be wrong, will let you know when this works

I solved it

I figured out that my way of doing it was pretty stupid. My senior took a look and is now fixed.

I did end up using new ssh-keys however

but I did not need to use if statements since I'm already passing on variables when I established read

now the script is


#!/bin/bash

#This scripts syncs shit

echo "Type in ID: "
read ID

echo "Type in Server : " #source server
read S

echo "Type in Destination Server: "
read DS

ssh "root@"$S"webserver1" "rsync -e 'ssh -i /root/.ssh/blah' -av /home/rlui/"$ID "root@"$DS"webserver2:/home/rlui/";
ssh "root@"$S"webserver1" "rsync -e 'ssh -i /root/.ssh/blah' -av /home/rlui/tmp/"$ID "root@sl"$DS"webserver2:/home/rlui/tmp/"

once again thanks suicidal!

Good job! Glad you got it running.

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