Sorry I responded without fully looking at the answer. I understand the ssh_keys directory for the creation of the authorised_keys file for access to Astlinux so thanks for that. However I want /root/.ssh/known_hosts and /root/.ssh/config to be persistent for initiating an SSH connection from Astlinux to a central server for upgrades and maybe backups. Putting these files in the ssh_root_keys did not work! Will I need mnt/kd/root to do this?
Regards Michael Knill On 01/12/2012, at 10:15 AM, Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: > TUNE You got it built. Now make it sing. Tune shows you how. > http://goparallel.sourceforge.net > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > [email protected]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: INSIGHTS What's next for parallel hardware, programming and related areas? Interviews and blogs by thought leaders keep you ahead of the curve. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [email protected].
