scripted rsync site backups.

[bubby]

is anyone backing up their site using rsync in a cron job on a local machine?

i can't find a way to do it without having to type in the password each time.

i've tried rsync with a password file, rsync through tdp port, rsync via ssh.

limited ssh capabilities means i cannot create a ssh-keygen pair nor place a root: password file on the server.

someone else must have done this, as i've read a lot of posts about people recommending rsync over ftp.

anyone?

[gerilya]

don't create keys on your hosting, do it elsewhere. Then add your public key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys and you will be able to SSH to your hosting w/o the password.
Then use "rsync -e ssh" in your cron script on another machine to connect to the hosting and synchronise stuff.