Re: [rdiff-backup-users] How to use rdiff through a ssh tunnel ?

[David Kempe]

thierry wrote:
> ssh -C -2 -N -L <port_number>:<server_ip:22> -f -l user <domain_name>
> after it ask me for my passphrase and after all of that i do:
>
> ssh -p <port_number> localhost ... and i am connecting in.

just stick it in a script.
instead of the second ssh -p bit, use a .ssh_config.
look on the unattended rdiff-backup page.
its linked off the main site and appended on the wiki

dave