Hello,

I was wondering how do I use rsync with a rsa key? For example, if I were to ssh into my linux machine, I would use ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa username@hostname.com.

I was reading the man file, and I don't think rsync uses/accepts rsa keys to auth to a linux machine. Is the only way I can do this is to use ssh-agent with ssh-add??

Thanks for your help!

-X

Well...I just figured it out. Here is how I used rsync:

1. Make sure rsync is installed on both machines.
2. Since I am using RSA auth, I have to specify a RSA key with no password.
3. I configured a user specific ssh_config file.
4. Ran rsync -aze ssh file_being_copied NAME:/path/

# -- Below is my user specific ssh_config file --

Host NAME
Hostname my.dnsname.org
IdentityFile /home/user/.ssh/id_rsa
User USERNAME

# -- End of config --

I saved the above file as 'config' under ~/.ssh/config

I hope this helps someone out!

Good luck!

Go through this..
http://www.jdmz.net/ssh/


And also visit http://rsync.samba.org/documentation.html