Shell Programming and Scripting

Disclaimer: I tried searching but wasn't able to get to the answer so please don't flame.

Scenario:
I have a root script that generates a file on box1 and then needs to scp it over to box2 using user1. Both boxes are running open-ssh.

root@locat-host# scp /tmp/file1 user1@box2:/tmp/file1

Problem:
When I scp directly from user1 (user1@box1# ssh box2) -- all is good.
When I scp from root user (root@box1# ssh user1@box2) -- I am prompted for a password.

local-host key located: /home/user1/id_rsa.pub
remote-host auth located: /home/user1/authorized_keys

Is my key placement off?

- Thanks

The identity of root at box1 probably isn't in the authorized_keys file for user1@box2.

Try running, as root on box1:

Code:

ssh-copy-id user1@box2

The public key must be appended to the $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys in this case /root/.ssh/authorized_keys, at the remote server.

@achenle -- ksh: ssh-copy-id: not found
Box1 = AIX
Box2 = RHEL

@Aia -- don't have access to root on remote box

ALso on the receiving system, /etc/ssh/sshd_config has to have

Code:

PermitRootLogin yes

Which is not the default setting.

Following command should help you to copy the file with root user over user1's ssh keys. In fact you'll temporarily switch to user1 and run that scp command.

Code:

su -c "scp /tmp/file1 user1@box2:/tmp/file1" user1

I thought you wanted to login as root, but now I think I see what you want.
You are are root in your local box and want to login as an user1 to remote, if so, your public key as root in the local machine, must be appended to your urser1 account $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys in the remote.
That file, by the way, needs to have permission 600.