Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:14:44 -0400 From: kalin m <kalin@el.net> To: Jay Chandler <lists@sequestered.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: scp Message-ID: <48FFDE14.1080103@el.net> In-Reply-To: <7131CDCF-E6F4-49DD-9B86-605CEECAA73A@sequestered.net> References: <48FFD609.6090206@el.net> <7131CDCF-E6F4-49DD-9B86-605CEECAA73A@sequestered.net>
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Jay Chandler wrote: > > On Oct 22, 2008, at 6:40 PM, kalin m wrote: > >> hi all... >> >> i need to do a script to copy a file from a remote machine via scp >> with a key and without a password.... >> >> here is what i'm doing: >> >> 1. ssh-keygen -t rsa >> 2. scp new_key.pub to user@remote_host (with password) >> 3. on remote_host rename new_key.pub to ~user/.ssh/athorized_keys >> > Should be authorized_keys. it is. i just misspelled it in the message... > > I usually cheat and grab a copy of ssh-copy-id from the web; I suspect > your issue has to do with permissions for the .ssh directory and the > authorized_keys file. permissions are 600 for the file and 700 for .ssh the users are different on the local machine and remote_host. my guess is that if i point to the right key with -i it should work correct... now doing -vvv as Greg Larkin suggests... thanks...
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