Re: supplying password to subprocess.call('rsync ...'), os.system('rsync ...')

From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:18:28 +1300

In message <1191594819.381604.20680@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
timw.google wrote:

I want to write a python script that runs rsync on a given directory
and host. I build the command line string, but when I try to run
subprocess.call(cmd), or p=subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True),or
os.system(cmd), I get prompted for my login password.

Why not set up a public/private SSH key pair between the accounts on the two
machines? Then you can get in without a password.

.

References:
- supplying password to subprocess.call('rsync ...'), os.system('rsync ...')
  - From: timw.google

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