Dan, You may have to use another key format. DSA or other. I know ssh obsoleted a format a few years ago and I had to issue new key pairs for my devices.
Jim KR nt from​ On Dec 31, 2018, 10:41 AM, at 10:41 AM, dan moylan <j...@moylan.us> wrote: > > >On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 09:55:04, Dan Ritter wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 08:40:44AM -0400, dan moylan wrote: > >>> i have a script to rsync a number of directories between two >>> computers on my local net and would like to avoid having to >>> enter my password for each one. i thought i could do this >>> using hosts.equiv, but it's not working for me. i solved >>> this once before a number of years ago, but i'm undoubtedly >>> forgetting something now. any help would be appreciated. > >> Create an ssh key: > >> ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048 > >> Change the filename to "rsync.key" > >> Don't put in a passphrase. > >> man sshd. Read the section on Authorized_Keys file format. > >> Add restrictions to rsync.key.pub: no-agent-forwarding, >> no-port-forwarding, no-pty, no-X11-forwarding, perhaps a from >> restriction. Make it tight. command = rsync? > >> Copy rsync.key.pub with the restrictions to your remote machine, >> and cat it to the end of ~/.ssh/authorized_keys > >> When you run rsync, pass it "-e ssh -i /home/jdm/.ssh/rsync.key" > >> You should have a fairly safe passwordless rsync. > >after a couple of wrong turns, that worked fine, and for a >long time, but i have lost track of when i used it last. >now, i have gone through all the steps again and can't get >it to work. > >authorized_keys on the remote machine (aldeberon): ># authorized_keys ># rsync.key.pub ># >no-agent-forwarding >no-port-forwarding >no-pty >no-X11-forwarding >command = rsync ># >ssh-rsa >AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDzTeJ/nRpWTnjbsEWypLt1/rbdpU5ABAkPqUzX6ug0pCnvKpRKga63RlIi03rGQb0d1dkosKtVnhodageA6PRGuAQ3zdJDDdw1OScH8sZsdtGd44/fsBVCQlYlJP2i8RCc20dBnxiujvjv4iuvk5CPzZPCbjfxyFvEBES5nMsZY/mLilqX4xlDx9PJlkUJ28Gm0vaIEZ9BzGCDll7C4Quph4WXKgvVZdMrAfuAceE8DPcFacIvjOBDOGWxdqaaQgsYIXHSdgE72duDcNnAnDAV59nhtDEaYTAN5kba/uWqHujJ8p7Qff1vaYbkEUrUEhl/8GBptVI2i3tCsb0Q9aOF >moylan@arcturas > >rsync.key on the local machine (arcturas): >ssh-rsa >AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDzTeJ/nRpWTnjbsEWypLt1/rbdpU5ABAkPqUzX6ug0pCnvKpRKga63RlIi03rGQb0d1dkosKtVnhodageA6PRGuAQ3zdJDDdw1OScH8sZsdtGd44/fsBVCQlYlJP2i8RCc20dBnxiujvjv4iuvk5CPzZPCbjfxyFvEBES5nMsZY/mLilqX4xlDx9PJlkUJ28Gm0vaIEZ9BzGCDll7C4Quph4WXKgvVZdMrAfuAceE8DPcFacIvjOBDOGWxdqaaQgsYIXHSdgE72duDcNnAnDAV59nhtDEaYTAN5kba/uWqHujJ8p7Qff1vaYbkEUrUEhl/8GBptVI2i3tCsb0Q9aOF >moylan@arcturas > >permissions on both are 600. > >the command (from arcturas): >rsync -avz -e "ssh -p22 -i /home/moylan/.ssh/rsync.key" >/home/moylan/rsy aldeberon: > >the result: >moylan@aldeberon's password: > >i must have missed something -- any suggestions? > >tia, >ole dan > >j. daniel moylan >84 harvard ave >brookline, ma 02446-6202 >617-777-0207 (cel) >j...@moylan.us >www.moylan.us >[no html pls] >_______________________________________________ >Discuss mailing list >Discuss@blu.org >http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss