Re: [gentoo-user] Is there a way to automate rsync of updated portage tree across multiple boxes without each having to pull it down from a gentoo mirror

[Alan McKinnon]

On Monday 15 September 2008 16:31:45 Michael Sullivan wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-09-15 at 16:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > On Monday 15 September 2008 16:09:42 Michael Sullivan wrote:
> > > Is there a way to do this?  The problem with my
> > > theories on how to do this fall apart when I get to the part where a
> > > password has to be entered for rsync/scp.
> >
> > ssh keys.
> >
> > To avoid running more than one sync at a time, have the clients pull the
> > tree from the server in a cron spaced 30 minutes or an hour apart. Make
> > sure you pull the entire tree, and if you use eix to run update-eix
> > afterwards on the clients
>
> Create ssh keys without passphrases?  That's not recommended...

True, but it's infinitely better than a passwordless account. You did say that 
you want an automated rsync/scp solution, that precludes setting up an rsync 
server. I don't see that any other realistic options exist.

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