Re: SSH1 and SSH2 Keys Auth

> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have a Script which uses Rsync with SSH Authentication to copy files
> > > from one server to another. It is a cronjob which executes every hour.
> > > The servers uses the DSA public Keys to Authenticate each other. So No
> > > passwd is asked while the cronjob is executed.
> > >
> > > Suddenly from couple of hours it started asking for the passwd from
the
> > > cronjob and hence cannot rsync.
> >
> > Can you go back through your logs to see if there were any incidents of
> > any note in the hour before the first fubar? Check messages, last and
> > secure.
>
> I have checked the lastlog, secure,messages, All logs exceprt the secure
> says that somebody tried to FTP as root which was cancelled and nothing
> else.
>
> > > I am not looking for the solution from this list but could anyone
> > > suggest me where should i look what could be wrong. I checked from the
> > > prompt to connect to the same server but even then it asks for passwd.
> >
> > This is a good question from you Tina. Perfectr for this list. If you
> > don't mind riding it out with us, we just might get you through it and
> > learn a thing or 2 ourselves in the meantime.
> >
> > What concerns me here is that it was working and then suddenly went
south.
> > You didn't do any changes to the systems at all, including running
up2date
> > or adding/deleting users?
> No i didn't Change I just upgarded SSH1 to SSH2 a week before and then
also
> it was working fine.
> >
> > > I did a search in Google but it tell me how to setup the Auth.
> >
> > Thank you. Troubleshooting is much easier if you've done some homework.
> > You're problem isn't in rsync, it's in sshd and the auth keys, which
> > you've identified. What happens if you set the keys and auth to RSA? If
> > this works, we've narrowed it down to the ssh daemon.
> >
> > I had a similar issue once, where I set  a new set of keys and just cut
> > and pasted them into the server. The problem was that the newline breaks
> > on the console were also pasted, breaking the keys. The fix was to
delete
> > the newline breaks, and !whammo! I was back in business.
> Even I thought of the same and I found newline breaks in my script and i
> cleared them all but still it asks for the passwd.
>
> Regards,
> Tina.
>