I'll keep this for future reference. Thanks!

Robert Wooden
Nashville, TN. USA

Computer Freedom? . . . Linux

On 10/13/2012 10:08 AM, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
> On 2012-10-13 14:33, Robert E. Wooden wrote:
>> What happened, I am asking myself. Last night I was running "ssh -vvv
>> [clienthostname]" to test my ssh connection. ssh was 'complaining' that I
>> had some bad lines in my /var/lib/backuppc/.ssh/known_hosts file. I removed
>> those 'bad lines' with "ssh-keygen -f "/var/lib/backuppc/.ssh/known_hosts"
>> -R bob-desktop2" and long story short, this morning (half asleep) decided
>> to let my backuppc server fail again trying to backuppc this troubled
>> client. To my amazement, half asleep, it did not fail!
> Some related SSH tips:
>
> 1. Remove your known_hosts file now.
> 2. Create an ~/.ssh/config file, owned by the right user, mode 644, 
> containing:
>
> HashKnownHosts no
> StrictHostKeyChecking no
>
> This means that:
>
> 1. Lines will be added to known_hosts without prompting (no more pressing
> yes to accept new fingerprints).
> 2. Key mismatches will be tolerated with SSH key logins. A warning will be
> printed, and password logins are still blocked.
> 3. Lines added to known_hosts will have a readable host/ip entry at the
> begin of line. This makes removing conflicts easier.
>
> Some people think this reduces security. It does. But I consider it a fair
> balance versus usability, especially when you work with a large number of
> hosts.
>
> Regards,
> Tyler
>


------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM
Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly
what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app
Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too!
http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev
_______________________________________________
BackupPC-users mailing list
BackupPC-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
List:    https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users
Wiki:    http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net
Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/