Thank you, Vince (once again). I had used my standard login to create the config file and had not created it as the root user. It is now working.
On Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 1:19:49 PM UTC+10 vince wrote: > You should not alter your system-wide /etc/ssh/ssh_config at all and you > should never get prompted for a password if you have it set up correctly. > > That stanza needs to be in root's ssh config file, which likely is > /root/.ssh/config > on a pi. Your weewx.conf file needs to use the same 'server = x.x.x.x' > setting that the 'host' entry of root's ssh config file uses. > > On Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 5:37:25 PM UTC-7 Dun Mac wrote: > >> This is my ~/.ssh/config file; >> Host 107.xxx.xxx.xxx >> IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa >> User oxxxx1 >> >> When my /etc/ssh/ssh_config file has; >> PasswordAuthentication no >> the Rsync fails .. Permission denied >> (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic,password).. >> >> When my /etc/ssh/ssh_config file has; >> #PasswordAuthentication no >> the rsync (running wee_reports) requests a password and then the transfer >> proceeds correctly >> >> >> >> On Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 2:54:53 AM UTC+10 vince wrote: >> >>> This is rsync 101. You need the account you are running weewx under >>> (root) to have a ~/.ssh/config file that tells it which key to use to >>> connect to the remote system, as well as which account to use on the remote >>> side. >>> >>> Host my.remote.host.com >>> IdentityFile ~/.ssh/my_private_key >>> user my_remote_username >>> >>> If you do that, then as root you should be able to rsync to >>> my.remote.host.com and it will log in there as my_remote_username >>> On Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 11:15:12 PM UTC-7 Dun Mac wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> I have established a direct connection to a web server (GreenGeeks) >>>> with the SSH keys added to the remote server. I can log on to the remote >>>> server via >>>> "ssh user...@170.x.xxx.xx" and it logs on with no passwords. >>>> When I set weewx.conf, Rsync to true I get the following error message >>>> in syslog; >>>> >>>> Apr 14 12:00:36 RPi-weather weewx[29143] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: >>>> Running report 'RSYNC' >>>> Apr 14 12:00:36 RPi-weather weewx[29143] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: >>>> Found configuration file /etc/weewx/skins/Rsync/skin.conf for report >>>> 'RSYNC' >>>> Apr 14 12:00:36 RPi-weather weewx[29143] DEBUG weeutil.rsyncupload: >>>> rsyncupload: cmd: [['rsync', '--archive', '--stats', '-e ssh', >>>> '/var/www/html/weewx/', >>>> 'xxx...@107.x.xxx.xx:/home//weewx/wx_standard_report']] >>>> Apr 14 12:00:39 RPi-weather weewx[29143] ERROR weeutil.rsyncupload: >>>> [['rsync', '--archive', '--stats', '-e ssh', '/var/www/html/weewx/', >>>> 'xxx...@107.x.1xxx.xx:Permission denied >>>> (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic,password).. rsync: connection >>>> unexpectedly closexxxd (0 bytes received so far) [sender]. rsync error: >>>> unexplained error (code 255) /home/xxxxxxx/weewx/wx_standard_report']] >>>> reported errors: xxx...@107.x.xx.xx: at io.c(235) [sender=3.1.3] >>>> Apr 14 12:00:39 RPi-weather weewx[29143] INFO weeutil.rsyncupload: >>>> rsync executed in 2.62 seconds >>>> >>>> Would someone be kind enough to post their ~/.ssh/config and their >>>> /etc/ssh/ssh_config and /etc/ssh/sshd_config files so I can see if I have >>>> an error in one of these files with my setup, please. Any other feedback >>>> would also be very welcome. >>>> Duncan >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/6d6bbc0a-1b25-4ab5-a33d-e1999a8762can%40googlegroups.com.
