OK, I might be actually getting this. Here is part of my sshd_config file
RhostsAuthentication no # # For this to work you will also need host keys in /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts RhostsRSAAuthentication no # RSAAuthentication yes # To disable tunneled clear text passwords, change to no here! PasswordAuthentication yes PermitEmptyPasswords no # Comment to enable s/key passwords or PAM interactive authentication # NB. Neither of these are compiled in by default. Please read the # notes in the sshd(8) manpage before enabling this on a PAM system. ChallengeResponseAuthentication no Do I just need to change the last line to yes (ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes) and then when I generate my key on the NT box, put in a passphrase. Or I could change the PermitEmptyPasswords to yes, and then I would not need to put in a passphrase when I generate the key. Am I getting close or still WAY OFF? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Thomas Lambert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 11:26 AM Subject: Re: using rsync to backup windows workstations > I"m guessing it's in /etc/sshd_config. > ssh issue, not rsync. > try "ssh linuxbox uname -a" from a windoze machine. if that doesn't work > without a password, neither will rsync. > >From "man sshd": > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > PasswordAuthentication > Specifies whether password authentication is allowed. The de- > fault is ``yes''. Note that this option applies to both protocol > versions 1 and 2. > > PermitEmptyPasswords > When password authentication is allowed, it specifies whether the > server allows login to accounts with empty password strings. The > default is ``no''. > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > If PasswordAuthentication is yes, then you'll need to ensure that > PermitEmptyPasswords is also yes, or you won't be allowed passphraseless > authentication. > If you're not permitted to change that, just use a simple ssh passphrase. > >From "man rsync": > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Some paths on the remote server may require authentication. > If so then you will receive a password prompt when you con- > nect. You can avoid the password prompt by setting the > environment variable RSYNC_PASSWORD to the password you want > to use or using the --password-file option. This may be use- > ful when scripting rsync. > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Wonderful thing, those man pages. > Good luck. > > Tim Conway > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 303.682.4917 > Philips Semiconductor - Longmont TC > 1880 Industrial Circle, Suite D > Longmont, CO 80501 > Available via SameTime Connect within Philips, n9hmg on AIM > perl -e 'print pack(nnnnnnnnnnnn, > 19061,29556,8289,28271,29800,25970,8304,25970,27680,26721,25451,25970), > ".\n" ' > "There are some who call me.... Tim?" > > > > > "Thomas Lambert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 11/14/2001 08:15 AM > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: (bcc: Tim Conway/LMT/SC/PHILIPS) > Subject: Re: using rsync to backup windows workstations > Classification: > > > > I have about 12 NT servers that I want to backup 1 directory to my Linux > Server. The problem I am having is trying to get it not to ask for the > user's password. I am trying to use ssh. I just installed the latest > cygwin on my NT server (1.3.4). Rsync is 2.4.6. What I have tried was on > the NT machine, I ran ssh-keygen (no passphrase) and then added the > identity.pub to the Linux box in the /home/thomas/.ssh/authorized_keys. > When I run: > rsync -uv -e ssh *.* thomas@linuxbox:backup/ > it asks for a password. Besides asking for the password, it works fine. > Only the files changed are updated and it is FAST! I saw the ssh-agent. Do > I need to use it? and how? Is there something I need to do on my Linux > server? I am pretty new to Linux, and have a long way to go to be an > "expert", but I can get around. > > Thanks for any help. > > Thomas Lambert > VP > DSC Associates, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lapo Luchini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 5:23 PM > Subject: Re: using rsync to backup windows workstations > > > > As officially I'm the mantainer of cygwin's rsync package I feel I must > add > > something.. 0=) > > > > > a) rsync binaries for win32/cygwin are now available from the binaries > > > section of the rsync web pages, maintained by someone at redhat I > think > > > > Maintained by me, I don't work for redhat, and sadly I have a bit too > little time > > to maintain it as I should... > > > > > b) the version attached is so old that you really shouldn't attempt to > use it. > > > Get the latest CVS version and add Wayne Davison's patches (see > > > mailing list archives), in particular for use with Windoze systems, > > > then compile it yourself with cygwin > > > > ...but not so little not to compile it with Wayne's patches (actual > patch > is the > > latest anti-hang available at the date of the release of cygwin's > rsync-2.4.6-2 > > package) ;-) > > > > If there's some patch that I missed (I read this mailing list since when > I > began to > > mantain that package, but reading only headers of most messages maybe I > missed > > something...) please point it to me and I'll release a new verison > shortly > =) > > > > Please note that I'm not an "expert programmer" of rsync, just a person > that likes > > and uses it (and wants maybe to become such an expert, btw): in cygwin > one > package > > can't exist in the distribution if there's not a mantainer... so I hope > that the > > effort I put in it is not wasted, even if it's maybe not enough... [I've > got a bit > > of guild for that eheh] > > > > > c) it's easy to compile under cygwin, and cygwin is easy to install, > so > I > > > strongly recommend doing that > > > > That's true, it compiles out-of-the box. > > The main problem is that in winsocks if the socket is closed a RST is > sent, not > > flushing the cache. > > This creates many errors at the end of trasnfer, especially in the > daemon > mode > > (which is not addressed by the patch I used, I bet). > > > > > d) also install openssh which compiles cleanly under cygwin and is > much > > > more reliable than the ssh that is attached here > > > > Compiles cleanly and is available as a binary. > > > > If anyone wants to ask some more question.. feel free, even if I don't > know nothing > > "special" about it, as I said I had not had the time to completely study > and > > understand rsync source... > > > > C ya, > > Lapo > > > > -- > > Lapo Luchini > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PGP & X.509 keys available) > > http://www.lapo.it (ICQ UIN: 529796) > > > > > > > > > > > > >