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Hello,

I'm trying to scp from the root user of machine A to the root user of machine B without being prompted for a password. On machine B, I created a .shosts file in the '/' directory with the following line:

A root

I attempt to copy a file using the following statement:

scp testfile.txt root@B:/tmp/

And I am still prompted for a password!! I have a couple of questions...will this work using 2 root users? Am I placing the .shosts file in the correct location on machine B?

Thanks for your help.

From experience incorrect permissions are often a gotcha with ssh.

Have a look at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/computer-se...ection-17.html


blp001

Thanks for the tip. I ended up not using the .shosts file. Instead, I generated a public/private key pair. See the following for more info:

http://bumblebee.lcs.mit.edu/ssh2/