On Mar 3, 2012, at 20:06, [email protected] wrote:

> I just got a "ssh-copy-id"script from a Linux box. It works from the Linux 
> system. I then just used it on the MacBook. It also worked. With both systems 
> I can copy the id_dsa.pub into the target system's authorized_keys.
> 
> Does the patch "openssh-Portfile-variant-ssh-copy-id.patch" generate the 
> /usr/local/bin/ssh-copy-id script? It is is a HTML doc and not a shell script 
> like that on the Linux box. I added a copy at the end.

No. The patch created a portfile variant which, if you select it when you 
install the port, installs /opt/local/bin/ssh-copy-id. That variant has now 
been deleted, and the port will now always install that script.

MacPorts does not install files in /usr/local, and it is not supported to have 
files in /usr/local while using MacPorts because they can interfere with 
MacPorts. Please remove whatever you have in /usr/local.

/usr/local/bin/ssh-copy-id is the version of the script (or rather, the HTML 
404 error that is not a script) that you installed there earlier, using the 
commands you showed us in your first email.


> I found another at /opt/local/bin/ssh-copy-id. It is the same as the Linux 
> version.

That is the file the MacPorts openssh port installed.


> Removing the "/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id" defaults "which ssh-copy-id" to 
> "/usr/local/bin/ssh-copy-id".

Do not remove files in /usr/bin; they were provided by Apple and may be 
essential to the proper functioning of OS X.


> The "/opt/local/bin/ssh-copy-id" is not used.

When MacPorts was first installed, it should have modified your ~/.profile or 
~/.bash_profile and added a line that modifies your PATH environment variable 
so that /opt/local/bin appears first in it, which would mean that "ssh-copy-id" 
would be /opt/local/bin/ssh-copy-id. If that did not happen, or if you or some 
other process undid it, you can edit your profile and repair it. Further 
explanations about how MacPorts sets up your PATH and instructions for doing it 
manually are here:

http://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.shell.html


> Doing "/opt/local/bin/ssh-copy-id -i /Users/lsr/.ssh/id_dsa.pub 
> [email protected]" works as the Linux version.

Great, then the script MacPorts installed is working.


> The script I got from the Linux box I put it in /usr/bin/ssh-copy-id on the 
> MacBookPro. "which ssh-copy-id" then defaults to "/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id".

It would be best to undo this and restore the version of the script Apple had 
there.


> It does not allow me to log in with the key yet; I still have to give a 
> password. Can not figure out why. The entry in the "~/.ssh/authorized_keys" 
> is there, but may be erroneous. I'm not sure how to verify that the entry is 
> correct.
> 
> Any ideas welcome.

I don't know this script so I can't provide advice here.


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