Even when I run these commands first, I still get prompted for a password. Any other suggestions? Thanks, James On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 20:40, Harry Putnam wrote: > James Pifer <jamesredhatlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > 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 don't see you starting the agent anywhere. You must start the > agent in the shell you run rsync in. > > ssh-agent bash > shh-add > now rsync > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
