#I’m keen for a fools errand time to try
remote grove
buh-bow
remote grove
turn_off_vmhost: ssh -i /config/ssh/id_rsa_vmhost -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new andrew@vmhost.33h.lan sudo /sbin/shutdown +5
turn_off_vmhost2: ssh -i /config/ssh/id_rsa_vmhost2 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new andrew@vmhost2.33h.svc sudo /sbin/shutdown +5```
torn flare
Excellent
Now you're making progress
What is the password prompt?
From SSH? From sudo?
remote grove
from ssh
remote grove
I literally just copied it from the remote host
i've renamed it though, does that matter?
torn flare
No, but ... do you know what you're doing with SSH key pairs?
remote grove
kind of?
torn flare
You added the public key to the authorised keys on the remote host?
remote grove
how do I do that?
I may not have done that step. I read it in your instructions and I was scratching my head at it.
torn flare
Google found me https://linuxhint.com/ssh-authorized-keys-example-usage/, but there's plenty of other guides
Basically append the public key file to the .ssh/authorized_keys file
remote grove
so I copy the contents of id_rsa.pub from my remote host, and append that to .ssh/authorized_keys in home assistant?
torn flare
No
remote grove
ah I think I see what you mean!
torn flare
remote grove
on the remote host
torn flare
remote grove
so I'm appending the remote hosts own id_rsa.pub to its own authorized_keys file
torn flare
Yes, that's how it knows that the corresponding private key is authorised for SSH
remote grove
right
do I need to do anything after I do that? Like restart sshd on the remote host?
torn flare
No
remote grove
Because I'm still getting error 255 after doing that
torn flare
Just because you changed one thing doesn't mean that the basic test steps change
Change one thing, see if it works, repeat
remote grove
ok different error now
I'm getting a warning about an unprotected private key file
but still seeing an ssh prompt for my password
torn flare
Ok, so fix that