I thought just a straight rsync daemon was unsecure. I am sending data from remote dial-up sites, through the internet to my server. That is why I am using ssh (well trying to use it). If this was just for my internal network, then YES, I would probably just use the daemon. One other problem is that they are dial-up, so each time they connect to the internet, they get a new IP.
I tried just doing "ssh linuxbox username -a" and I was asked for a password. So I changed PasswordAuthentication to "no" in my sshd_config file on the server. Restarted sshd and now I am getting permission denied. I did copy the contents of my identity.pub, rsa_id.pub, dsa_id.pub to authorized_keys on the server. I'm going to read some more on ssh, but if anyone knows a quick fix, let me know. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 2:45 PM Subject: Re: rsync: Re: using rsync to backup windows workstations > On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 10:15:59AM -0500, Thomas Lambert wrote: > >I have about 12 NT servers that I want to backup 1 directory to my Linux > >Server. The problem I am having is trying to get it not to ask for the > >user's password. I am trying to use ssh. I just installed the latest > >cygwin on my NT server (1.3.4). Rsync is 2.4.6. What I have tried was on > >the NT machine, I ran ssh-keygen (no passphrase) and then added the > >identity.pub to the Linux box in the /home/thomas/.ssh/authorized_keys. > > Instead of using ssh, why don't you use straight rsync, with rsync running > in server mode on the Linux box. You should probably put separate entries > in /etc/rsyncd.conf for each Windows box something like the one below that > I use to backup our local hardware suffering from the Microsoft Virus, W2K. > > [dumbo_backup] > uid = root > gid = root > path = /rd0/backups/dumbo > read only = false > use chroot = false > comment = Backup for Dumbo Win2K > hosts allow = 192.168.253.28 > hosts deny = * > > Bill > -- > INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC > UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way > FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 > URL: http://www.celestial.com/ > > Breathe fire, slay dragons, and take chances. Failure is temporary, regret > is eternal. >
