Inclusion of the -i flag and the location of the private key solved the problem.
Thanks Steve!
-----Original Message----- From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Steve Clark Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 2:38 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] SFTP - Private/Public Authentication Keysets Beyond The First Set
On 12/12/2018 03:32 PM, Steve Clark wrote:
On 12/12/2018 03:28 PM, Gary Braatz wrote:
Thanks for responding so quickly! No but I will try. Are you saying the first vendor connection worked because id_rsa and id_rsa.pub are the defaults if not specified? (I didn't use the -i flag for the first
vendor.)
-----Original Message----- From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Steve Clark Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 2:23 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] SFTP - Private/Public Authentication Keysets Beyond The First Set
On 12/12/2018 03:13 PM, Gary Braatz wrote:
I'm new to SFTP and using this mailing list was able to successfully
create
my first Private/Public keyset for a vendor hosting the SFTP server (I'm
the
client). I created the keyset by typing this:
# ssh-keygen -t rsa
When asked for the password/passphrase I hit <Enter> and afterwards
"id_rsa"
and "id_rsa.pub" were created in "/root/.ssh/". I provided "id_rsa.pub"
to
the vendor and when told they were ready I initiated an SFTP transfer. During the first connection I was asked for the vendor-provided password
and
after entering it was successfully connected to the vendor's sftp
server.
During successive connections I was not again asked for the password.
This
allowed me to create fully automated batch file transfers.my objective. Setting up my second vendor is not going as smoothly.
I did exactly the same thing for my second vendor with the exception of typing "rsa_vendor2" during keyset generation (I assumed I had to use a different name for the new keyset).
# ssh-keygen -t rsa_vendor2
Files "id_rsa_vendor2" and "id_rsa_vendor2.pub" were created in "/root/.ssh/" and I gave "id_rsa_vendor2.pub" to the second vendor. I initiated the first connection with the second vendor and was asked for
the
vendor-provided password which I entered and a successful connection was made. The problem is unlike with the first vendor I am asked for the password every time I connect to the second vendor's server. Because I
am
being asked for the password I am unable to create fully automated batch file transfers.
The second vendor is telling me they added the public key to their
server
as
required. Did I miss a step or do something wrong on my end? Was I
correct
using a different name for the new keyset or would the new keyset information have been appended to the information already in id_rsa and id_rsa.pub for the first vendor?
Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
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Are using the -i flag in your invocation of sftp to the second vendor?
From the sftp man page:
-i identity_file Selects the file from which the identity (private key) forpublic key authentication is read. This option is directly passed to ssh(1).
In my experience - Yes.
To expand on my response - generally there is system wide default ssh_config file in /etc/ssh/ssh_config
and by default: # IdentityFile ~/.ssh/identity # IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa # IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_dsa