[xubuntu-users] rsync using ssh paired keys

[Mike Kupfer]

Bill wrote:

> The option of which I am most fond is to use ssh paired keys. I've
> followed several tutorials (which are all essentially the same) and
> run the necessary commands, set the necessary permissions - starting
> from scratch at least a half dozen times. I've followed the procedure
> on both machines, and it works from one machine (i.e., does not prompt
> for the password) but not from the other.

One way to troubleshoot this is to cut rsync out of the picture.  Try to
login from one system to the other using "ssh -v".  Then compare the
debug information that you get from the working configuration with the
debug information from the non-working configuration.

regards,
mike