On Mon, Jan 03, 2000 at 09:18:30PM -0600, Hiten Sonpal wrote:
>
> > > I'm basically trying to run rdist here [...]
> >
> > You can run rdist over ssh if you just set ssh to use rhosts
> > authentication. [...]
>
> > And check these lines in /etc/sshd_config:
> >
> > IgnoreRhosts no
> > RhostsAuthentication yes
> > AllowSHosts [space-separated list of IP addresses]
>
> I've done this (well, I'm using ssh2, and I've enabled host-based
> authentication according to the man page), and set up a .rhosts file
> for root allowing root to connect from the local machine (host2).
>
> Now, at this point, I should be able to secure shell without using a
> password, but I'm still getting prompted for one. I'm sure it's
> something trivial... Here's the output of ssh -v:
>
> > ssh -v host2
>
> debug: hostname is 'host2'.
> debug: Unable to open /root/.ssh2/ssh2_config
> debug: connecting to host2...
> debug: entering event loop
> debug: ssh_client_wrap: creating transport protocol
> debug: ssh_client_wrap: creating userauth protocol
> debug: Host key found from the database.
> debug: Unable to open /root/.ssh2/identification
> root's password: ^D
>
> Received signal 2. (no core)
> debug: Ssh2AuthHostBasedClient/authc-hostbased.c:329/ssh_client_auth_hostbased:
> Child: Execing
> ssh-signer...(path: ssh-signer2)
>
ssh2 is different from ssh1. I'd recommend using ssh1 as 2 isn't really
finished yet for UNIX.
ssh2, from previous experience, doesn' support the traditional .shosts
instead you have certificates. Documentation is scarce too.
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