SSH key question
MR ZenWiz
mrzenwiz at gmail.com
Thu Dec 10 18:09:10 UTC 2020
I have three machines set up on my home network with remote file copy
and ssh interactions. I have my desktop "base" machine set up for
password-free remote access to the two laptops, but for some reason, I
can't get the same access from one of the laptops back to the base.
I generated the proper keys with ssh-genkey, then I used ssh-copy-id
to send the keys to the target machine. As I said, done from the base
to both of the laptops, it works fine. I even have remote access to
my partners laptop from the base using her id for the remote actions.
However, from my own laptop, I can't get password-free access, via ssh
or rsync, to my base desktop. I either put up with the password
prompt, or ssh to the base from the laptop and run the file transfers
from the remote base login to/from the laptop because that way it does
not require passwords.
What am I missing?
Sequences:
base: ssh-genkey
base: ssh-copy-id <laptop>
base: complete remote login
base: ssh <laptop> - password-free login
This works.
laptop: ssh-genkey
laptop: ssh-copy-id <base>
laptop: complete remote login
laptop: ssh <base> - requires I enter the password
This does not work.
Thanks.
Mark
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