Did you also copy the contents of the /etc/ssh* files? These include the
server's hostkey and stuff. If the hostkey changes or is missing, the
server cannot authenticate itself to other servers.
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Gregor Mosheh
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Systems Admin, Humboldt Internet
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On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Michael St. Laurent wrote:
> We've just replaced on old SPARCcenter-2000 system with a new E-450 that
> has the same IP addresses, hostnames, etc. I copied the ~/.ssh files from
> the root home directory to the new system and hoped that it would be enough
> for it to still operate as a client with the existing configuration on the
> other hosts. Apparently I've missed something though as when I try to log
> into one of the other hosts I get a "Permission Denied" message. Debug
> info on the client system says that the host refused our key and on the
> host system reports that RSA authentication for root failed. What have I
> forgotten?
>
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>
> Michael St. Laurent
> Hartwell Corporation
>
