check_by_ssh

[Demetri Mouratis]

You need to copy the id_rsa.pub key, not the private one.
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Harper Mann wrote:

> If you "su - nagios" and try to ssh to the target system, does it prompt for
> a password?
>
> Make sure .ssh is owned by nagios or whatever the target ID is and it's
> permissions are set 0700.  Ssh will silently fail if .ssh is not 0700.
>
> - Harper
>
> Harper Mann
> Groundwork Open Source Solutions
> 510-599-2075 (cell)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Capacci
> Thomas
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 2:12 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] check_by_ssh
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've got a problem trying to run checks by ssh.
> Nagios is running on a debian and checking disks size on a redhat host
> with no problem.
> When i try the same thing on other machines i always try to connect to
> the remote host and ssh keep asking me for a password.
> I've made on nagios server ssh-keygen -t rsa with empty passphrase. I
> copied the id_rsa (renamed authorized_keys) on the remote host in the
> directory /home/nagios/.ssh and i've copied check_disk on the remote
> host in /usr/libexec.
> I keep asking what i've done wrong...
>
> Thanks for your help.

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