Hi Luis (and others),
Since I must run back and forth between the machines, is there any way
to use a sneaker-LAN (e.g. USB memory stick) to transport the keys?
-- ken
On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 16:52 -0500, Kenneth L. Owen wrote:
> Hi Luis,
>
> I really appreciate your help. I've tried the key generation multiple
> times and can't believe that every time I mistype the password! The
> keys are phrase-less. /root/.ssh and /var/lib/backuppc/.ssh have 700
> permissions. The authorized_keys file has 600 permission. The newly
> created keys have 644 permissions and are set after transfer with the
> command: chmod -R go-rwx ~/.ssh
>
> On the server, I su to root then su to backuppc. Working as backuppc,
> the command that is not working is:
>
> scp ~/.ssh/BackupPC_id_rsa.pub [email protected]:/root/.ssh/
>
> I get no error, just a prompt to enter the root password for
> 192.168.1.101. I enter the password, but it is not accepted and asks me
> to try again. I can occasionally mistype a complicated password, but I
> have carefully checked each key stroke.
>
> Working as root on machine at 192.168.1.101, the command that is not
> working is:
>
> scp ~/.ssh/client_id_rsa.pub
> [email protected]:/var/lib/bacuppc/.ssh/client_id_rsa.pub
>
> Again, no error and prompted for root password which is not accepted.
>
> I have root passwords for both of these machines and have no problem
> elevating to root to execute all other functions.
>
>
> As a test, I ssh connected to the backuppc server at 192.168.1.106 from
> 192.168.1.101. I issued the following command:
>
> scp /home/ken/20100308.backuppc_install.txt [email protected]:/home/ken/
>
> I was prompted for password for ken and the command completed with no
> problem. -- ken
>
> On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 18:56 +0000, Luis Paulo wrote:
> > :)
> > So,
> > you may tell us exactly the scp command you are trying (or use
> > ssh-copy-id command instead, which I recommend).
> >
> > I would still try to connect between two non root users to see if it
> > also doesn't work
> >
> > Are you creating rsa files with or without password?
> >
> > Wrong permissions for the .ssh dir may also be the problem.
> > $ chmod 700 ~/.ssh
> > $ chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
> > Remember to restart ssh after changes :)
> >
> > maybe show us your client /etc/ssh/sshd_config if none of the above
> > helps/work (check for AllowUsers directives, etc)
> >
> > Luis
> >
> > PS: I guess you are planning to use
> > $Conf{RsyncClientCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l root $host $rsyncPath
> > $argList+';
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Kenneth L. Owen
> > <tx836519 AT bellsouth DOT net> wrote:
> > Hi Luis,
> >
> > I thought you had the answer! But when I checked, I found the files
> > (sshd_config) are set to allow root logon. -- ken
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