I want to automatically download files and folders from a Linux server to which I have an SSH (and FTP) account. The files shall be downloaded on a **regular basis** (I suppose a cron is the right tool to do so) onto an OS X machine.

I tried the following rsync command, which works fine:

```
rsync -avzbe ssh account@server.tld:/www/htdocs/something/somefolder /Users/me/folder/foo/

```

However I have to enter the account's password every time (the SSH account on the server machine). The server is a managed one and I'm afraid I can't change the password.

Here are my questions:

* How do I bypass the entering of the password by storing it somewhere
* How do I automate this then correctly?