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   Carlos E. R. to All   
   Re: Mirror.   
   23 Sep 21 15:25:06   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 22/09/2021 03.17, Sidney_Kotic wrote:   
   > On 9/20/21 4:19 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:   
   >   
   >> Or, use ssh as backend in paswordless mode.   
   >   
   > I thought I'd take what looked to be the simple path.  So...   
   > 1.  Ran the command:  ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "kant@have.it"   
   >     I used the seemingly default id_rsa and left the passphrase blank.   
   > 2.  Ran the command:  ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub kant@c   
   >     "c" is a known host in the /etc/hosts file.   
   > All of this seemed to work.   
   >   
   > Tried the command:  ssh kant@c   
   > and it asks for a password, as does the rsync command.   
   >   
   > In the .ssh directory the file authorized_keys exists and the contents   
   > of the file id_rsa.pub match it.   
   >   
   > What did I miss, probably a lot.  The results of trying to google this   
   > process are all over the place and vary wildly in their recommendations.   
   >   
      
   Maybe tell the ssh daemon service on destination to accept key file   
   entry, or perhaps to not accept password.   
      
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   Cheers,   
          Carlos E.R.   
      
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