ssh also prompts for a password, but can't figure out why. Thanks. James On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 22:54, Michael Wu wrote: > ããIt is seemed that you use "root" to do rsync. Please make sure the > ssh connection with public/private keys works first. > > ããGood luck. > > ããããããããããããããMichael > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > äé(Subject): > > Re: rsync with public/private keys/no passwords > > åää(From): > > James Pifer <jamesredhatlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > ææ: > > 24 Nov 2003 11:05:38 -0500 > > æää(To): > > RedHat List <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > >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
