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> > 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.
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