On Monday 11 March 2002 05:55, Reckhard, Tobias wrote:
We do that with "scp". I´ve read that i can switch of the ugly password-questions by generating ssh keys at both servers and copying the public keys to each other server.
The private keys need to have an empty passphrase, though.
I did so, but the password-questions are still there.
You can get rid of those by disabling password authentication. Only do so when you've got public-key authentication running reliably, though, or you'll risk locking yourself out.
Does anyone know how to install the keys at the right position and what to do to get this running ? Is there a tutorial or a description how to make an automated copying from one server to another without password (via ssh?)
See 'man ssh', 'man sshd' and 'man ssh-keygen'. Look for the public-key authentication options and the authorized_keys[2] file format.
I recommend you use rsync in combination with SSH as a transport in place of scp. It allows you to switch to SSHv2, only performs incremental updates, and you can restrict the passphrase-less private key to the relevant rsync operation only. Mail me if you can't figure out how to do this yourself (after having tried at least a bit on your own, though, please).
Tobias
One more advantage of rsync over scp, you can use data compression when working with slow connection. :-) I thought I add my two cents. -- Alex Levit Senior Network Engineer Kel-Tek Inc. TEL: 626-571-6927 FAX: 626-571-8794 'Alex@kel-tek.com'