ssh problems

[Jacob Weismann Poulsen]

* Paul Jimenez <pj at place.org> [2003-09-24 16:52]:
> 
> Hello, I've got FAI mostly running under woody, but
> the copying of logfiles via ssh is giving me trouble.
> On my server I can chroot /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot and then
> ssh fai at server without a password, no problem. But when
> I boot up a new install client (via bootfloppy), I 
> get:
>  The authenticity of host '...' can't be established.
>  RSA fingerprint is ...
>  Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
>  Failed to add the host to the list of known hosts (/root/.ssh/known_hosts).
>  fai at ...'s password:

I assume you wish to copy files (as root) from the client to the
server. This requires that you add the public host key
from your server (/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub) into
the list of known hosts on roots account on the nfsroot, i.e. 
into nfsroot:/root/.ssh/known_hosts

Jacob
> 
> If I put in 'yes' and the password, then it works, but this is
> clearly non optimal :)
> 
> Anyone got any hints on what's set up wrong?  Again, it's
> woody, nfs-user-server, fai 2.5, ...
> 
> All help appreciated.
> 
>   --pj
> 

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