Hi Luis (and others), Since I must run back and forth between the machines, is there any way to use a sneaker-LAN (e.g. USB memory stick) to transport the keys? -- ken
On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 16:52 -0500, Kenneth L. Owen wrote: > Hi Luis, > > I really appreciate your help. I've tried the key generation multiple > times and can't believe that every time I mistype the password! The > keys are phrase-less. /root/.ssh and /var/lib/backuppc/.ssh have 700 > permissions. The authorized_keys file has 600 permission. The newly > created keys have 644 permissions and are set after transfer with the > command: chmod -R go-rwx ~/.ssh > > On the server, I su to root then su to backuppc. Working as backuppc, > the command that is not working is: > > scp ~/.ssh/BackupPC_id_rsa.pub [email protected]:/root/.ssh/ > > I get no error, just a prompt to enter the root password for > 192.168.1.101. I enter the password, but it is not accepted and asks me > to try again. I can occasionally mistype a complicated password, but I > have carefully checked each key stroke. > > Working as root on machine at 192.168.1.101, the command that is not > working is: > > scp ~/.ssh/client_id_rsa.pub > [email protected]:/var/lib/bacuppc/.ssh/client_id_rsa.pub > > Again, no error and prompted for root password which is not accepted. > > I have root passwords for both of these machines and have no problem > elevating to root to execute all other functions. > > > As a test, I ssh connected to the backuppc server at 192.168.1.106 from > 192.168.1.101. I issued the following command: > > scp /home/ken/20100308.backuppc_install.txt [email protected]:/home/ken/ > > I was prompted for password for ken and the command completed with no > problem. -- ken > > On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 18:56 +0000, Luis Paulo wrote: > > :) > > So, > > you may tell us exactly the scp command you are trying (or use > > ssh-copy-id command instead, which I recommend). > > > > I would still try to connect between two non root users to see if it > > also doesn't work > > > > Are you creating rsa files with or without password? > > > > Wrong permissions for the .ssh dir may also be the problem. > > $ chmod 700 ~/.ssh > > $ chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys > > Remember to restart ssh after changes :) > > > > maybe show us your client /etc/ssh/sshd_config if none of the above > > helps/work (check for AllowUsers directives, etc) > > > > Luis > > > > PS: I guess you are planning to use > > $Conf{RsyncClientCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l root $host $rsyncPath > > $argList+'; > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Kenneth L. Owen > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Luis, > > > > I thought you had the answer! But when I checked, I found the files > > (sshd_config) are set to allow root logon. -- ken > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > > _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list > > [email protected] List: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: > > http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: > > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
