Yes, that is correct. You comments here reminds me of a forum post or whatever I read during my initial setup on the first machine months ago. Thanks for jogging that memory cell loose.
So, in essence, manually running the 'troubleshooting command' (as I call it) asks for the ssh password, thereby causing the server acceptance and places the correct host info into the server known_host file. Then ssh becomes fully passwordless access and BackupPC can function properly. Thanks again, all. On 07/06/2010 12:45 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 7/5/2010 7:53 AM, Bob Wooden wrote: > >> For this communication, I choose to call this command a "troubleshoot >> command" because it is the first suggestion to try from the backuppc >> wiki page. The "-v" of the 'BackupPC_dump" portion gives verbose output, >> so users can see what is happen and diagnose failure issues. >> >> When I ran this command, the only thing I remember having to do, in each >> case was, agree that the host was to be added to the 'known_host' file. >> If I understand ssh correctly, that would be the client being added to >> the server (backuppc server) 'known_host' file. >> >> I guess I will read up on ssh. If I am correct, I did not scp anything >> to the server form the client, essentially telling the server that this >> client is acceptable. >> > You do have to answer 'yes' to the prompt from ssh the first time it > connects to a new target even if you already have the keys in place. > Most people probably use ssh or scp to transfer the keys, using the > password for the first connection - or at least to a manual ssh > connection as a test and thus avoid this issue. This results in an > entry for each target in /home/backuppc/.ssh/known_hosts - which has to > be removed if the host key at the target ever changes (OS reinstall, etc.). > > -- Bob Wooden Nashville, TN "Enjoying life at my best!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
