Help setting up rsync with SSH (MacOS)

[johnieutah]

I’m new to the Mac world. Previously I used windows and syncback to synchronise local folders to Unraid shares.

 

Now I’m trying to get a replacement backup process in place using rsync with SSH. I've got it mostly working without SSH, now I want to automate the authentication step.

Here’s the basic rsync script:

 

rsync -rtzPi --progress --stats --delete --exclude=".DS_Store" "/Users/matt/Documents/" "root@toaster:/mnt/user/Documents"

 

I have created a public/private key pair using ssh-keygen. 

I then used ssh-copy-id to transfer these to Unraid. I believe this has worked as the key is there in /boot/config/ssh.

 

I'm not sure what to do now. Every time I run the above command, it asks me for a passphrase (not password) for the key. Obviously I've missed something in the configuration step.

 

Any help appreciated.

 

 

Edited December 31, 2023 by johnieutah