Thanks for responding so quickly! No but I will try. Are you saying the
first vendor connection worked because id_rsa and id_rsa.pub are the
defaults if not specified? (I didn't use the -i flag for the first vendor.)
-----Original Message-----
From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Clark
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 2:23 PM
To: CentOS mailing list
Subject: Re: SFTP - Private/Public Authentication Keysets Beyond
The First Set
On 12/12/2018 03:13 PM, Gary Braatz wrote:
> I'm new to SFTP and using this mailing list was able to successfully
create
> my first Private/Public keyset for a vendor hosting the SFTP server (I'm
the
> client). I created the keyset by typing this:
>
>
>
> # ssh-keygen -t rsa
>
>
>
> When asked for the password/passphrase I hit <Enter> and afterwards
"id_rsa"
> and "id_rsa.pub" were created in "/root/.ssh/". I provided "id_rsa.pub"
to
> the vendor and when told they were ready I initiated an SFTP transfer.
> During the first connection I was asked for the vendor-provided password
and
> after entering it was successfully connected to the vendor's sftp server.
> During successive connections I was not again asked for the password.
This
> allowed me to create fully automated batch file transfers.my objective.
> Setting up my second vendor is not going as smoothly.
>
>
>
> I did exactly the same thing for my second vendor with the exception of
> typing "rsa_vendor2" during keyset generation (I assumed I had to use a
> different name for the new keyset).
>
>
>
> # ssh-keygen -t rsa_vendor2
>
>
>
> Files "id_rsa_vendor2" and "id_rsa_vendor2.pub" were created in
> "/root/.ssh/" and I gave "id_rsa_vendor2.pub" to the second vendor. I
> initiated the first connection with the second vendor and was asked for
the
> vendor-provided password which I entered and a successful connection was
> made. The problem is unlike with the first vendor I am asked for the
> password every time I connect to the second vendor's server. Because I am
> being asked for the password I am unable to create fully automated batch
> file transfers.
>
>
>
> The second vendor is telling me they added the public key to their server
as
> required. Did I miss a step or do something wrong on my end? Was I
correct
> using a different name for the new keyset or would the new keyset
> information have been appended to the information already in id_rsa and
> id_rsa.pub for the first vendor?
>
>
>
> Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
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Are using the -i flag in your invocation of sftp to the second vendor?
>From the sftp man page:
-i identity_file
Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for
public key authentication is read. This option
is directly passed to ssh(1).
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*NetWolves Managed Services, LLC.*
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