RE: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs...

2005-06-04 Thread Wayne Sierke
On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 10:03 -0400, fbsd_user wrote: > The abuse-reporting-system scripts can be downloaded from > > http://www.unixguide.net/freebsd/fbsd_installguide/index.phpor > http://freebsd.packards-home.net/index.php > > It was submitted to FreeBSD as a port but not accepted yet. > U

RE: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs...

2005-06-03 Thread fbsd_user
eeBSD as a port but not accepted yet. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rick Preston Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 6:44 PM To: Steven Friedrich Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs... I ju

Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs...

2005-06-02 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 2005-06-02 18:01, Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>On 2005-06-02 10:38, Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> The original poster wanted to do automated backups via scp. This

Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs...

2005-06-02 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-06-02 18:01, Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>On 2005-06-02 10:38, Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> The original poster wanted to do automated backups via scp. This >>> kind of application *requires* empty passphrases >

Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs...

2005-06-02 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 2005-06-02 10:38, Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The original poster wanted to do automated backups via scp. This kind > > of application *requires* empty passphrases > > Nope. scp works fine with a pass-phrase too, if one uses

Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs...

2005-06-02 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-06-02 10:38, Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On 2005-06-01 14:38, Nathan Kinkade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The poster is correct in that what you probably what to do is setup > > > public-key authentication using ssh, howe

Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs...

2005-06-02 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 2005-06-01 14:38, Nathan Kinkade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The poster is correct in that what you probably what to do is setup > > public-key authentication using ssh, however, I would highly recommend > > that you NOT use a blank passphrase

Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs...

2005-06-02 Thread Justin R. Pessa
On Jun 01 05 05:57PM, Steven Friedrich wrote: > What I did notice though, is that I can't login as root using ssh. I > haven't > found this mentioned in the man pages. > > Anybody know where it's documented, whether it can be changed, and would > that > be a colossal mistake? Aga

Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs...

2005-06-01 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-06-01 17:57, Steven Friedrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks to Nathan Kinkade, Roland Smith, Greg Barniskis, and Rick Preston for > the replies. Each gave me quite a bit of info and I'm still digesting it. > > I've been successful using ssh-agent, though I have to enter the passphras

Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs...

2005-06-01 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-06-01 14:38, Nathan Kinkade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The poster is correct in that what you probably what to do is setup > public-key authentication using ssh, however, I would highly recommend > that you NOT use a blank passphrase for your private key. ssh-agent, > a utility that I th

Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs...

2005-06-01 Thread Rick Preston
I just want to add a little about allowing root login over ssh and using common user names as login names if I may. I just left an admin job where we were running a live server and I used to read the log files everyday. The number of brute force attempts to login in to sshd was staggering sometim

Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs...

2005-06-01 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Steven Friedrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What I did notice though, is that I can't login as root using ssh. I haven't > found this mentioned in the man pages. > > Anybody know where it's documented, whether it can be changed, and would that > be a colossal mistake? Try the sshd_config(5

Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs...

2005-06-01 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Wednesday, June 01, 2005 17:57:56 -0400 Steven Friedrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've been successful using ssh-agent, though I have to enter the passphrase each time I run my script. That's really only an annoyance now because I'm developing the script and have to enter it often. Tha

Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs...

2005-06-01 Thread Steven Friedrich
Thanks to Nathan Kinkade, Roland Smith, Greg Barniskis, and Rick Preston for the replies. Each gave me quite a bit of info and I'm still digesting it. I've been successful using ssh-agent, though I have to enter the passphrase each time I run my script. That's really only an annoyance now beca

Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs...

2005-06-01 Thread Nathan Kinkade
On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 02:24:07PM -0500, Greg Barniskis wrote: > Steven Friedrich wrote: > >I'm trying to use scp and I get prompted for a password or passphrase for > >each invocation. > > > >I figure I need to figure out how to get ssh to connect without prompting, > >but I just can't get it.

Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs...

2005-06-01 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 02:49:45PM -0400, Steven Friedrich wrote: > I'm trying to use scp and I get prompted for a password or passphrase > for each invocation. > > I figure I need to figure out how to get ssh to connect without > prompting, but I just can't get it. I've read all the man pages an

Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs...

2005-06-01 Thread Greg Barniskis
Steven Friedrich wrote: I'm trying to use scp and I get prompted for a password or passphrase for each invocation. I figure I need to figure out how to get ssh to connect without prompting, but I just can't get it. I've read all the man pages and my head is swirling. I went to the OpenSSH w

Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs...

2005-06-01 Thread Rick Preston
You should be able to find everything you need here. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc.html I set it up in the lab (on 4.7) and it worked great. Good luck, Rick PS. sorry you got it twice Steven, I forgot to click reply all. On 6/1/05, Steven Friedrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro