Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 16:45:33 -0400 From: "John Straiton" <jks@clickcom.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: "'Daniel Barron'" <nettle@jadeb.com> Subject: RE: ssh keys and rsync Message-ID: <005201c21964$998f8920$fe16c60a@win2k.clickcom.com> In-Reply-To: <05102b4a4b.nettle@jadeb.com>
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I don't know if this will help too much, but it's my walkthrough for setting up automatic, password-required-less rsync'ing between two freebsd machines: http://my.lostinfo.com/files_other/rsync/ John Straiton jks@clickcom.com Clickcom, Inc 704-365-9970x101 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of > Daniel Barron > Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 1:21 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: ssh keys and rsync > > > In message <m2vg8cabrf.fsf@set.ehsrealtime.com> > Wayne Pascoe <freebsd@penguinpowered.org.uk> wrote: > > > Daniel Barron <nettle@jadeb.com> writes: > > > > > Then that was it I could just 'ssh someserver' and be logged in. > > > Someserver is a SunOS 4.8. > > > > > > I tried the same on the FreeBSD box and it always asked me for a > > > password. I also tried without the -t dsa. > > > > Is it asking you for a password or a passphrase? There are > > differences. > > Yes I know. Password. > > > Have you added the key that belongs to the user you wish to > ssh as to > > the authorized_keys (or for ssh V2 authorized_keys2) file > of the user > > that you wish to ssh to ? > > Yes, tried both. > > > > > EG. wayne on box a wants to ssh to web on box b. wayne on box a > > generates a ssh key. The sysadmin then adds the contents of wayne's > > public key to /export/home/web/.ssh/authorized_keys2 on box b. > > I'm just starting with ~/.ssh for now and will move on to > /path/to/web once I can simply ssh without password or passphrase. > > > > > > BTW, I know blank passphrases are bad, but how would I connect > > > without any user intervention? > > > > You can use ssh-agent where you enter the passphrase once > at startup, > > and then ssh uses the running agent to authenticate against > requests. > > I saw info on that but had no sucess. However it seems to be > for interactive use rather than crontab-ed. > > -- > Daniel Barron > (Visit http://dansguardian.org/ - True web content filtering for all) > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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