On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 16:02, James Pifer wrote: > For some reason I cannot get rsync to work with public/private key > authentication with no passwords. > > My first try was this: > On the system that runs rsync: > ssh-keygen -C [hostname] -t "rsa" -f ~/.ssh/identity (no password) > > On the remote machine: > copy the identity.pub that you just created above to /root/.ssh > cat hostname.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys > chmod 600 authorized_keys > > On the system that runs rsync: > /usr/bin/rsync -azl -e ssh [remote machine]:/[remote path]/* /[local > path] > > It's still prompting me for a password. I also tried it this way: > > On the system that runs rsync: > ssh-keygen -t rsa (no password) > rename id_rsa id_rsa_hostname.pub > copy file to remote machine /root/.ssh > On the remote machine: > cat id_rsa_hostname.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys > > I've looked through the man pages and some google searching, but I don't > see what I'm doing wrong. > James - I would focus on ssh logins until I got that working with out passphrases and then add rsync ton the equation. What happens when you try to login with ssh -v machine? You can also crank up the logging on the server to see what is happening on that side. /etc/ssh/sshd_config look for log_level. Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
