trusted hosts with rsync

Hi,

I'm using rsync to transfer a file from an embedded device to the central
server. Now the problem is, i can't get create and get a key over to the
central server since the server doesn't know what clients are gonna connect
so I'm using the unencrypted rsync method with the "::" operator.
Now how can I get a range of trusted hosts so the server wouldn't be asking
for a password? Right now I'm just using the --password-file option like:
rsync -av --password-file=pwd ./log_record
root@192.168.101.3::PRG-LOG/log_record_T1111 but i would like to define a
trusted IP range or something on the server, is this possible?
If yes, how?

Thank you for your help!
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chEErs roN

Ron Eggler wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm using rsync to transfer a file from an embedded device to the central
> server. Now the problem is, i can't get create and get a key over to the
> central server since the server doesn't know what clients are gonna
> connect so I'm using the unencrypted rsync method with the "::" operator.
> Now how can I get a range of trusted hosts so the server wouldn't be
> asking for a password? Right now I'm just using the --password-file option
> like: rsync -av --password-file=pwd ./log_record
> root@192.168.101.3::PRG-LOG/log_record_T1111 but i would like to define a
> trusted IP range or something on the server, is this possible?
> If yes, how?
>
> Thank you for your help!
Okay,
I figured a way to do it, what I'll do is, the first time i will use rsync
to copy a script-generated key file onto the server and from then on, i'll
be able to use secured ssh connection
isn't that cool?
It took my a bit to write the shell script tho but i got it together now.
Now I'm having troubles with my key authentication, see other posting pls.
Thanks!
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chEErs roN