Re: [webmin-l] Using keys for SSH stuff

[Joaquim H. <jo...@we...>]

So in the file system backup module, how would I go about telling it to
use SSH like that? Something like this is needed:

ssh -P 1234 -i /path/to/local/id_dsa_file us...@se...

.. ?


-joho


On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 14:23 -0800, Jamie Cameron wrote:

> > > > How do I tell Webmin to use public/private SSH key pairs when performing
> > > > things like backup to remote systems etc? Just a matter of leaving
> > > > passwords empty and specifying on the command-line .. or is there a
> > > > better way? ;)
> > > 
> > > Yes, that should just work. As long as root can SSH without a password
> > > to the remote system from the command line, it should work from within
> > > Webmin too.
> > 
> > And if root logins aren't allowed, I can specify a username on the
> > command-line .. ?
> 
> Yes .. most modules that do SSH allow you to specify the user to
> SSH into the remote system as.