Re: [tlug] SSH set up issues

[Darren Cook <darren@example.com>]

> Based on various suggestions I found on the web, I was able to work 
> around it by inserting the following text in .ssh/config:
>   Host linserv
>      HostName 192…..
>      User acmull5
>      HostKeyAlgorithms +ssh-rsa
>      PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes +ssh-rsa
>
> So I now I can log on with:
>
>     ssh linserv
>
> …but I would prefer to be able to log on with my original method of SSH 
> followed by the actual server address number. I want to keep consistency 
> among my machines, and I also need to log on from inside of other 
> programs such as rsync.

Embrace short names in .ssh/config for all your ssh servers. They work 
with rsync too. And then scripts keep working when IP addresses or ports 
or keys change.

But I did a quick test and you can have the IP address as the Host, so 
it can be:

   Host 192.1.2.3
      HostName 192.1.2.3
      HostKeyAlgorithms +ssh-rsa
      PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes +ssh-rsa

That is going to be confusing to troubleshoot at some point in the 
future though ;-)

>   rsync -uvptlW -e ssh $winD/docs/web/dicts/dealt/*.xml 
> acmull5@192...:/dicts/dealt/

Given your original .ssh/config entry, this ought to work:

  rsync -uvptlW /path/to/*.xml linserv:/dicts/dealt/

(I've not used the `-e ssh` bit for years, so I think it might have 
become the default?)

Darren