The host name in the Host line must be the exact name amanda use. * Yes, we have the exact name on the Host line. And we are able to SSH from the command line using this name.
Is there any special config on the Client side? There is no eveidence on the client side such as an amandad debug file that the client is seeing the request. btw. Both server & client machines are Ubuntu & using Amanda 2.6.1 Thanks, Debbie ----- Original Message ---- From: Jean-Louis Martineau <[email protected]> To: Debbie O Connell <[email protected]> Cc: amanda users list <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 4:32:56 PM Subject: Re: Configuring Auth SSH for a client behind a firewall Debbie O Connell wrote: > Hi, > > We are trying to setup Amanda for 1 client behind a firewall with Auth SSH > for >the first time. The machines behind the firewall are all NATed. The firewall >will not allow us to port redirect port 22. As a result, all the machines >behind >the firewall have non-standard SSH port numbers. For example, the machine >we're >trying to backup with Amanda uses Port 1026. On the Amanda Server, as User >Amanda, we have create a /home/amanda/.ssh/config . This file contains the >following lines : > > Host Name-of-Firewall > Port 1026 > > Using SSH from the command line,we are able to "ssh name-of-firewall", which >logs us onto the desired Amanda client (behind firewall). We have created the >appropriate keys and authorized_keys file to allow this login to not prompt >for >a password. We've configured Amanda for Auth SSH as described in the Amanda >manual (Chapter 17). > > > Questions: Does Auth SSH on Amanda honor the ~/.ssh/config file for Amanda on >the Server? > yes > Is Amanda totally tunneled through the SSH tunnel? > yes The host name in the Host line must be the exact name amanda use. Jean-Louis
