"Thomas Lambert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
Well, first dumb question - are the versions of ssh the same? Is the sshd set up to allow null passwords during login? Also, I *think* you'll need 'RSAAuthentication yes'. (I also have PasswordAuthentication yes, PermitEmptyPasswords no Really dumb question - whats the permisison on authorized_keys? (Mine is 644) My authorized_keys file has, at the end, 'rcarruth@msfree', which is the userid and machine from which I do ssh stuff to the machine that allows it (with no password, see, it really does work: rcarruth@msfree> scp rusty@foo:/home/rusty/sap\* /export/home/oodclass.etc saphhire-supper-001.jpg 100% |********************************************************************************************************************| 408 KB 00:01 But this is from a Solaris machine (msfree) to a linux machine (foo). I don't know if that matters, but it might. > 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? maybe, but lets see if you can get away without it first. First, let me say that I don't know much (anything?) about cygwin. But I don't think that's the problem anyway, so I'll stick my foot in my mouth and proceed ;-) > 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. Don't worry about it, an expert is just a drip under pressure anyway ;-) rc