Hi,
I’m in the process of starting up a small hosting company for forum software (the same one running these boards ) which is housed in a docker containers. I’m running into difficulties in automating a step which is needed to properly utilize my service in full.
So the function I’m trying to setup from a customers standpoint is backup/restore on a remote raid array. This requires scripting to take place, and the transferring of files from and to the container & remote array. I’m at the point that setting up ssh keys is needed, yet am seeing a bit of weirdness here. Perhaps this is simple error and someone can point me in the correct direction?
So I can enter the container no problem. I can then ssh-copy-id, but this would need be done manually. I’ve figured a way to transfer files into the container from the local host it resides within, but am not seeing how to transfer files outside the container elsewhere without prompt.
It seems the easy solution is to copy the keys, yet after I copy to the /root/.ssh directory, the prompt for password still comes up. If I manually ssh-copy-id, it will of course succeed in transferring/connecting without password prompt, but this isn’t a real solution, as it’s not auto-provisioned for the service.
Interestingly, if I delete the files in the /root/.ssh directory, it will still succeed in transferring without prompt. How could this be the case if I’m attempting from the root acct? There seems to be some sort of wonkiness going on here.