Re: [BackupPC-users] Setting up ssh

2005-10-24 Thread Damian O'Hara
Hi Alex, Assuming backuppc runs as user "backuppc" and you need to be root on the linux box you're backing up to be able to see all files 1. On the backup server "su - backuppc" . Then create the ssh public key fo this user by typing: ssh-keygen -b 1024 -t rsa (don't enter passphrase - just

[BackupPC-users] Setting up ssh

2005-10-23 Thread Alex Schaft
Hi, I've been trying to setup openssh to authenticate with keys and no passwords to back up user mail folders on a linux machine, but haven't been able to get rid of the password prompt. I've put the backuppc user key from the backup server on the mail server, but no luck so far. Here's my s