using rsync

jgruss · 07-06-2004, 10:01 PM

i am using rsync to back up folders on my ibook to a fc2 box on my home network. The problem is the folder i am trying to back up is called "Microsoft User Data" so the folder has spaces in it. The terminal cant read this properly because of the spaces in the name.

idaho · 07-07-2004, 01:05 AM

Consider renaming the directory.

You should be able to reference the directory with spaces by single quoting (e.g., 'Microsoft User Data').

jgruss · 07-07-2004, 10:00 AM

if i rename the directory my entourage mail program wont work cause it the data file for that program. when i tried the 'Microsoft User Data' i get back the following

link_stat //users/jay/Documents/Microsoft : no such file or directory
Link_stat User : No such file or directory

what else can i try

jason

keefaz · 07-07-2004, 01:54 PM

And if you try
"Microsoft\ User \ Data"
or
"Microsoft\x20User\x20Data"

jgruss · 07-07-2004, 04:07 PM

"Microsoft\ User \ Data" = worked like a charm thanks for the help.

You wouldnt happen to know anything about ssh keys and getting them to work i haved tryed everything and nothing seems to work. i always get asked for my password when logging on.

Jason

jgruss · 07-07-2004, 04:49 PM

spoke to soon yes the above did fix the problem with the spacing in the folder name but when i try to add it to my .bashrc file to make an alias out of it, it gets screwed up again.. Do you know a way around this.

Jason

keefaz · 07-07-2004, 06:18 PM

How did you make alias in your ~/.bashrc?
for ssh it quite simple :
ssh-keygen -t rsa
--accept default, press enter

Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
--leave empty, press enter

Enter same passphrase again:
--leave empty, press enter

The id_rsa.pub is your public key,this is the file you need to copy to remote host.
scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub remotemachine:.ssh/authorized_keys2

Now after that you should login into the remote host by just :
ssh remotehost
without password

jgruss · 07-07-2004, 06:29 PM

i have tried that a few times also tried the other i believe it is tsa and installed that in authroized_keys, and that doesnt work either. please help me i am so lost with this one.

keefaz · 07-07-2004, 07:03 PM

It is not difficult you have a hidden directory named .ssh, inside there is your public key file named id_rsa.pub you take this one and copy it in the .ssh directory of the remote host and rename it authorized_keys2.

jgruss · 07-07-2004, 07:25 PM

i messed up. i was trying to get rid of any old keys that may have been in there and i accidentally deleted both my ssh_config and my sshd_config files, where can i find a sample file of both or high do i reinstall thos files.

jgruss · 07-07-2004, 07:27 PM

i know about the .ssh hidden folder i made the keys then i transfered the .pub key to my ibook and used cat id_rsa.pub >> authorized_keys2