Hi Michael,

Yes, this is a little confusing...

Personally I don't have a "/mnt/kd/root" directory so the root is not 
persistent, in that case "/mnt/kd/ssh_keys" directory contains public keys of 
authorized hosts and will automatically generate the /root/.ssh/authorized_keys 
file.

The "/mnt/kd/ssh_root_keys" directory contains the public and private keys of 
the ssh root user, this is used for outbound ssh connections, and copied to 
"/root/.ssh/" .

If you enable the persistent root via a "/mnt/kd/root" directory, then the 
above still applies if the /root/.ssh/* files don't already exist, but if they 
do exist you have to manage them yourself.

Lonnie


On Nov 30, 2012, at 4:57 PM, Michael Knill wrote:

> I am a little confused (not unusual).
> 
> I want to use SSH to manage my systems and also backup and receive updates 
> from a central server. As such, I need persistence for /root/.ssh.
> From a previous post I saw that creating /mnt/kd/root achieved this which it 
> did.
> 
> What I am confused about however is the purpose of /mnt/kd/ssh_root_keys. As 
> that is all I need persistence for, I assumed that putting my files in here 
> would work but it didn't.
> Also in this previous post it mentioned that if /mnt/kd/ssh_keys is created 
> then its contents will be appended to /root/.ssh/authorized_keys. Is this 
> still the case? I assume that I don't need this if I have /mnt/kd/root or 
> /mnt/kd/ssh_root_keys? 
> 
> Regards
> Michael Knill




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