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[koolba]

> ssh john@rsync.net ...

Do you really have an passphrase-less SSH key on your primary machine?

[viraptor → koolba]

How do you expect an automated process to work over SSH if it has to ask for a password?

[koolba → viraptor]

I wouldn’t expect an automated process to be using a human’s account to access a remote system.

[viraptor → koolba]

You're assuming this is a "human's" account. Also it could be a single-purpose key limited to a single static command on the rsync side.

[tux → koolba]

Actually passwordless ssh key is more secure from attacks than using a password.

Unless your computer is compromissed, than no key or password will help.

[koolba → tux]

Not “password”, I’m referring to a “passphrase” for unlocking an SSH key.