GNUPG and SFTP =(

TouchingVirus

Hey guys,

Maybe you can help with this problem...

I've generated a public/private key pair and exported both. I'm trying to use SFTP to transfer files off my server to a remote server which is used to store backups. Since this will be fully automated, the "Password:" prompt when it hits the sftp <user>@&lt;host> part of the script is driving me nuts.

You know where I'm meant to put the public key on the remote server? Or do I need to put a key from the remote server onto the local one ..or what am I doing wrong..

Everything I've read centres on RSA encryption using SSH-Gen or something, but I'm using GNUPG which is using DSA encryption.

Driving me nuts - each time I test and see Password: I die a little inside...

bushy...

From http://ludwikc.net , script to do it for you

#!/bin/sh
cd $HOME
echo "Passwordless ssh (v. 0.6)"
echo "Enter your ssh username:"
read user
echo "Host (or ip):"
read host
# Ports added in 0.4
echo "Enter ssh port: (press Enter if you don't know)"
read port
if port=NULL
then port=22
fi
echo "Wait for connection and type password for given username"
scp -P $port $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub $user@$host:~/id_rsa-passwordless.pub
echo "Success: RSA key exported."
echo "Last with-password ssh login..."
ssh $user@$host -p $port "if [ -d $HOME/.ssh ]
then
echo "Success: Directory $HOME/.ssh/ exists."
else
echo -e "There is no $HOME/.ssh/ directory." && mkdir $HOME/.ssh && echo "Success: Directory $HOME/.ssh has been created"
fi &&
cat ~/id_rsa-passwordless.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys && rm id_rsa-passwordless.pub && chmod 700 ~/.ssh && chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys && exit"
echo "Authorization successful!"
# Added in 0.3 version - symlinks providing easier login
echo ""
if [ -d $HOME/.ssh/passwordless_login ]
then
echo "Directory $HOME/.ssh/passwordless_login has been created during last passwordless_ssh usage."
else
mkdir $HOME/.ssh/passwordless_login
fi
echo ssh $user@$host -p $port >> ~/.ssh/passwordless_login/$host
chmod +x ~/.ssh/passwordless_login/$host
ln -s ~/.ssh/passwordless_login/$host $host
echo "From now-on simply type ./$host, to log-in without password."
echo "Passwordless ssh by Ludwik C. Siadlak (http://ludwikc.net). GPL Licence. Have a nice day!"

TouchingVirus

Thanks for that bushy.

I've just figured it out before reading your post but your's does what I wanted too

My flawed logic believe PGP keys could be used to authenticate SSH sessions - maybe they can. I just generated a pair of SSH DSA Keys and added the public one to .ssh/authorized_keys and voila - works like a charm

What can I say, small achievements like this make me feel less like a n00b each day