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How can i rsync over my network without using ssh?
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You can create a second SSH key without passphrase, add that to the authorised keys, and specify to use that key instead, for example using an SSH config file.
Now this is a bit of a security flaw because anyone with access to the key can use it, so you can use rrsync to make sure that key only has access to rsync, so worst case scenario it can destroy your backup, but that's expected since you want write access to your backup without inputting a password.
Yeah this is what im leaning towards