scp no password copy as root

[Vram]

On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 14:46 +1100, Steven Heimann wrote:
> I am trying to perform a passwordless scp from one computer to my
> desktop which is running Ubuntu 5.10.
> 
> I have performed the usual key generation and copied it to my desktop.
> I am sure the keys were generated without a password.  The system works
> fine as an ordinary user but I can't get it to work as root.
> 
> I have tried :
> 
> 1. creating a root password on the desktop.  I can perform the copy once
> the password is supplied even thogh there is definitely a passwordless
> entry authorized_keys.
> 
> 2. changing PermitRootLogin from yes to without-password.  This results
> in the password still being asked for but not accepted.
> 
> 3.  putting a copy of authosized_keys in authorized_keys2
> 
> 4.  making a copy in /home/root/.ssh (just in case it might work)
> 
> What could be stopping me doing the root copy?  ( I need to do it as
> root as this is backing up a database server with files owned by a
> number of different users and some files are read only)
> 
> Thank you
> Steven
> 
> 



What does /etc/ssh/sshd_config say??


Vram