[freeside] scp error creating users on remote machine

[ivan]

On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 08:46:09PM +0200, Michael Ketani wrote:
> Hello again,
> 
> svc_acct.export seems to be working fine now. My scp error has gone
> (corrected my shellmachine entry and enabled passwordless ssh as advised).
> 
> One problem however has arisen: I forgot to import my legacy data but
> managed to export the test accounts I had created !. Now my shell machine
> has no root user and other users like lpd and daemon that were there
> before....... (give me a break I'm a Linux newbie !).
> 
> Any quick recovery procedure the list can propose will be welcomed !

Restore from backup and be more careful next time.

> 
> Thanks
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
>  M> > When I try to run svc_acct.export I get the following error:
> 
>  I> You would use the `shellmachine' configuration file to enable
>  creation of
>  I> user home directories, not svc_acct.export.
>  I>
>  I> You would need to have ssh working from your freeside machine (as the
>  I> freeside user) to root on the external machine.  Verify this is
>  working
>  I> form the command-line before trying it from within Freeside.
> 
> M>I'm able to ssh into the remote machine as the freeside
> M>user on the local machine (ssh -l root remote.machine). I get in after
> M>supplying the password.
> 
> I> You need this to work without entering the password.  man ssh-keygen
> I> _ivan
> 
> 

-- 
_ivan