Hi,

Les Mikesell wrote on 2014-11-08 10:34:12 -0600 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to 
read 4 bytes]:
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Holger Parplies <wbppc AT parplies DOT de> 
> wrote:
> 
> >> Mauro Condarelli wrote on 2014-11-07 22:45:53 +0100 [Re: [BackupPC-users] 
> >> Unable to read 4 bytes]:
> >> [...]
> >> backuppc@server:~$ scp .ssh/id_dsa mcon@mailgate:/tmp/backuppc AT server 
> >> DOT key
> 
> And probably even more to the point is that most systems have an
> 'ssh-copy-id' script that will do it for you and get it right.   The
> RedHat/Centos versions even fix the SElinux contexts for you.

yes, but, as you can see, the transfer was done with a different remote user.
Presumably, root cannot login with password authentication. Of course, root
will need to be able to login with public key authentication for backups to
work.

Regards,
Holger

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