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Does rdiff-backup have some facility to specify the ssh passphrase
automatically during a cron? Has anyone had to set it up like this? I
realize that the solution will likely be less secure but one of the
requirements is that the key must have a passphrase.. Willing to use
bash or perl

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On Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 22:45:28, Justin Holleb wrote:

Does rdiff-backup have some facility to specify the ssh passphrase
automatically during a cron? Has anyone had to set it up like this? I
realize that the solution will likely be less secure but one of the
requirements is that the key must have a passphrase.. Willing to use
bash or perl

Use ssh keys - run "ssh-keygen rsa" on the side that's invoking ssh,
and copy the contents of the generated .pub file to
~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the side you're connecting to (don't set any
passphrase for the private key).

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On 30. junij 2010, 23:24:15, Justin Holleb wrote:

I realize this is ideal, but unfortunately I am required to issue the
key with a passphrase. I've tried to explain the inelegance of this
solution but sometimes things cannot be changed =)

Take a look at SSH_ASKPASS environment variable then:
<http://www.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.security.ssh/2005-02/0087.html>

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