Try it using the backup server user. Put your private key in your backuppc
user's .ssh directory and then as root on your backup server run:
su - backuppc
and now that you are the backuppc user, try:
ssh root@clientHostName whoami
and see if that works. Once this works, you should be all set.
Chris
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 4:00 PM, derr12 <backuppc-fo...@backupcentral.com>wrote:
> I should note that i successfully logged into the client machine via ssl
> from the backuppc server without needing a password;
>
> "ssh -l root clientHostName whoami"
>
> and it spit out root for me.
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