also sprach Nick Furman (on Sat, 07 Jul 2001 12:11:29PM -0400): > I prefer not to use NIS to share the password file between two servers so > I wrote a script to push /etc/passwd to another server so they both have > duplicate copies when a user is added onto our system. > > Of course I am using scp to move the file over, but everytime a user is > added, it asks for the root user's password on the remote server. Is > there a way using .rhosts to disable the remote server from asking me for > a password so it just pushes /etc/passwd over, no questions asked?
have a look into the manpages for ssh-keygen, ssh-agent, and ssh-add. what you are looking for is RSA authentication. and two things: you have to push /etc/shadow (and /etc/group) over too. and you *should not* ssh into a root account. you should rather scp the files over as a normal, trusted user, and then call sudo to install the files -- you can do that over ssh too. martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "when faced with a new problem, the wise algorithmist will first attempt to classify it as np-complete. this will avoid many tears and tantrums as algorithm after algorithm fails." -- g. niruta
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