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Using rsync with SSH

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Using rsync with SSH

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- [Instructor] Now let's look at using Rsync with a remote shell. While we can specify any remote shell we might want to use with the -e option, SSH is very widely used for this purpose. SSH or Secure Shell provides a way for a user to log into a remote system using a username and password or key. The remote system needs to be running an SSH server service, something like OpenSSH server or similar. In order to log into the server remotely, a user needs a user account on the server and this user will often have a home directory or other designated space on the server to keep their files. Moving forward in this video, I'm going to assume that you're somewhat familiar with SSH, but if you're not, take a few minutes to check out my course called Learning SSH here on LinkedIn Learning. Just as we can use the SSH client on our local system to make a secure connection with the server through which we'd use a shell or transfer…

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