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rsync with a non-default ssh port

admin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:49:04 +0000

The rsync man page notes that the “-e” or “–rsh” flag lets you “specify the remote shell to use”. This can be used to specify transfer over a non-standard SSH port using the “-p” flag to the ssh binary:

SSH_PORT=...
rsync [OPTION...] -e "ssh -p $SSH_PORT" [USER@]HOST:SRC... [DEST]

.ssh/config settings for EC2 hosts

admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:25:16 +0000

Seen multiple places around the web; I’m not sure where attribution should lie, but this is not original to me:

# ~/.ssh/config # Host *.amazonaws.com CheckHostIP no StrictHostKeyChecking no UserKnownHostsFile /dev/null

Using sftp on an alternate port

admin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:43:03 +0000

Unlike ssh and scp, sftp does not have a “-p” or “-P” flag to specify an alternate port. Instead, if the host you are connecting to has ssh running on a port other than 22, you need to use the “-o” flag:

sftp -oPort=2345 remote.hurricane-ridge.com

According to the man page, “-o” allows you to “give options in the format used in the configuration file.”

Bookmarks for April 25, 2009

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:07:50 +0000

Links for April 25, 2009:

Backup, Restore, and Disaster Recovery Solutions for PostgreSQL Database on NetApp Storage Systems – "This document describes the operation of PostgreSQL on NetApp® storage systems. This report serves as a guide to get a PostgreSQL database up and running on NetApp. This guide assumes a basic knowledge of both NetApp and PostgreSQL and the underlying systems."
Tripwire ConfigCheck – Configuration Control for Virtual and Physical Infrastructures – "Tripwire® ConfigCheckTM is a free utility that rapidly assesses the security of VMware ESX 3.0 and 3.5 hypervisor configurations compared to the VMware Infrastructure 3 Security Hardening guidelines."
SourceForge.net: ESX Healthcheck Script – "A script to automatically create documentation for ESX hosts. The output is in HTML format and can be emailed to you directly."
Main Page – mRemote – "mRemote is a full-featured, multi-tab remote connections manager."