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Re:GitHub reinstated youtube-dl but restoring forks is appar... by viraptor on Sunday April 18, 2021 @08:56AM (#26852013)
How do you expect an automated process to work over SSH if it has to ask for a password?
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Re:GitHub reinstated youtube-dl but restoring forks is appar... by koolba on Sunday April 18, 2021 @12:08PM (#26853648)
I wouldn’t expect an automated process to be using a human’s account to access a remote system.
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Re:GitHub reinstated youtube-dl but restoring forks is appar... by viraptor on Sunday April 18, 2021 @05:03PM (#26856332)
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.
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