[freeside] scp error creating users on remote machine

[ivan]

On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 12:19:48PM +0200, Michael Ketani wrote:
> 
> 
> M> >Hi all,
> M> >
> M> > I'm trying to get freeside to create user home directories (mail boxes)
> for some pop users on a remote machine.
> 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.
> 
> Thanks Ivan. I saw yours and Kristian's response to setting up user accounts
> on the freeside machine. As a result I'm trying to do it on a remote machine
> this time around.
> 
> I have set up a shellmachine file with a single line listing the fqdn of the
> remote machine. I'm able to ssh into the remote machine as the freeside user
> on the local machine (ssh -l root remote.machine). I get in after supplying
> the password.

You need this to work without entering the password.  man ssh-keygen

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_ivan