Thank-You that worked great. Jim On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 15:38, Nathan England wrote: > The easiest way that I know how to do this, go to the machine you want > to login from. > as the user who will log into the other machine, type > ssh-keygen -t dsa > follow the prompts, do NOT give it a password. > > Once it's done, it will create a file called, id_dsa.pub in your .ssh > directory, copy that file to the machine you want to ssh to, then cat it > into the .ssh/authorized_keys file on the machine you want to log in to. > > Then try to ssh to it and it will not ask for a password. > > > On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 15:21, elemint@hotpop.com wrote: > > I am trying to login with ssh keys and it is failing; output below. > > What I would like to do is to set up a nightly cron job for rsync and > > have the server login with ssh with keys instead of using a > > username/password > > > > > > I have edited /etc/.ssh/ssh_config and set "RhostsAuthentication yes" on > > both systems and done at /etc/init.d/ssh restart so that the new setting > > would take effect. > > > > ssh -v -1 hostname > > OpenSSH_3.6.1p2 Debian 1:3.6.1p2-11, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090702f > > debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config > > debug1: Rhosts Authentication disabled, originating port will not be trusted. > > debug1: Connecting to hostname [ip.address] port 22. > > debug1: Connection established. > > debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/identity type -1 > > debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_3.6.1p2 Debian 1:3.6.1p2-11 > > debug1: match: OpenSSH_3.6.1p2 Debian 1:3.6.1p2-11 pat OpenSSH* > > Protocol major versions differ: 1 vs. 2 > > debug1: Calling cleanup 0x80623b0(0x0) > > > > > > version 2 output below > > > > ssh -v -2 hostname > > OpenSSH_3.6.1p2 Debian 1:3.6.1p2-11, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090702f > > debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config > > debug1: Rhosts Authentication disabled, originating port will not be trusted. > > debug1: Connecting to hostname [ip.address] port 22. > > debug1: Connection established. > > debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_rsa type -1 > > debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 > > debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_3.6.1p2 Debian 1:3.6.1p2-11 > > debug1: match: OpenSSH_3.6.1p2 Debian 1:3.6.1p2-11 pat OpenSSH* > > debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 > > debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.6.1p2 Debian 1:3.6.1p2-11 > > debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent > > debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received > > debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none > > debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none > > debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST sent > > debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP > > debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent > > debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY > > debug1: Host 'hostname' is known and matches the RSA host key. > > debug1: Found key in /root/.ssh/known_hosts:4 > > debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct > > debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent > > debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS > > debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received > > debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent > > debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received > > debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive > > debug1: Next authentication method: publickey > > debug1: Trying private key: /root/.ssh/id_rsa > > debug1: Trying private key: /root/.ssh/id_dsa > > debug1: Next authentication method: keyboard-interactive > > debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive > > debug1: Next authentication method: password > > root@hostnames password: > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss