Hi,
Adam Goryachev wrote on 2016-11-30 09:03:01 +1100 [Re: [BackupPC-users] ssh and
Mac 10.12 Sierra]:
> [...]
> > After permitting root log in the sshd_config file, [...] I could do
> > an ssh from the BPC server to the mac without password.
that is correct - if you are usin
On 30/11/16 07:57, Michael Conner wrote:
> On Nov 29, 2016, at 2:22 PM, Michael Stowe
> wrote:
>> On 2016-11-29 13:54, Michael Conner wrote:
>>> It was just an upgrade from 10.11, with which I had no problem. It was
>>> running 10.11 when I redid the server to Centos 7 and the key exchange
>>> wo
After permitting root log in the sshd_config file, I changed "ssh-keygen -t
dsa” to "ssh-keygen -t rsa” and did the key copy with "ssh-copy-id -i
.ssh/id_rsa.pub root@host_to_backup” Then I could do an ssh from the BPC server
to the mac without password. At first I thought everything was ok as I
Some more internet searching cleared up the root ssh problem. PermitRootLogin
in sshd_config was set to the default of prohibit password. I got that changed
to allow root login with password. However, now I am at the point of needing to
get the key working properly. I’m not much of a linux maven
On 2016-11-29 13:54, Michael Conner wrote:
> It was just an upgrade from 10.11, with which I had no problem. It was
> running 10.11 when I redid the server to Centos 7 and the key exchange
> worked ok. What I don’t get is why I can’t manually ssh into root but
> I can into another user. Until that
It was just an upgrade from 10.11, with which I had no problem. It was running
10.11 when I redid the server to Centos 7 and the key exchange worked ok. What
I don’t get is why I can’t manually ssh into root but I can into another user.
Until that changes, I don’t know if I also have a key probl
How far of a jump in upgrade did you make to get to Sierra?
Apple switched over the sshd_config to use Authorized_keys rather than
Authorized_keys2 as the home for trusted keypairs several versions ago.
Verify that your sshd config is really doing what you are expecting it to
do. WRT key based aut
I maintain a BackupPC system for our small museum, backing up about 10
computers, mostly Windows. BPC is version 3.3.1, running on Centos 7. I just
upgraded to Centos 7 earlier this year and got everything working again ok. The
one Mac I backup (mine) was just upgraded to 10.12 Sierra and I can
