Here is the scenario. I have 2 servers serv1 and serv2. Previously i
had a crontab in serv4 that backed data from serv1 with login as
"thecoolone" on both servers. And this crontab was functioning properly
before.
Now i tried to make a new crontab in serv4 under a new login "user1"
and the same login "thecoolone" on serv1. After i made this crontab and
tried to execute both the old one and the one i just created, neither
of them work. And so i want to remove the entry (i.e public key copy
and authorized_keys entry) that i made on serv1 under "thecoolone"
login so that atleast the crontab that was working before starts
working again.

Anyone know how to do that ??

Any is always appreciated.

>>>>> "J9" == thecoolone <jahan9@gmail.com> writes:

J9> Here is the scenario. I have 2 servers serv1 and serv2. Previously
J9> i had a crontab in serv4 that backed data from serv1 with login as
J9> "thecoolone" on both servers. And this crontab was functioning
J9> properly before. Now i tried to make a new crontab in serv4 under
J9> a new login "user1" and the same login "thecoolone" on
J9> serv1. After i made this crontab and tried to execute both the old
J9> one and the one i just created, neither of them work. And so i
J9> want to remove the entry (i.e public key copy and authorized_keys
J9> entry) that i made on serv1 under "thecoolone" login so that
J9> atleast the crontab that was working before starts working again.

J9> Anyone know how to do that ??

Note that it is not necessary to copy the public key file to the remote
side; just to include the key in the remote authorized_keys file.

If all you did to the "thecoolone" account was edit the authorized_keys
file, perhaps you messed up the format in doing so? Be careful that each
entry is only one line and does not get broken up by an editor.

--
Richard Silverman
res@qoxp.net

Richard E. Silverman wrote:
> >>>>> "J9" == thecoolone <jahan9@gmail.com> writes:
>
> J9> Here is the scenario. I have 2 servers serv1 and serv2. Previously
> J9> i had a crontab in serv4 that backed data from serv1 with login as
> J9> "thecoolone" on both servers. And this crontab was functioning
> J9> properly before. Now i tried to make a new crontab in serv4 under
> J9> a new login "user1" and the same login "thecoolone" on
> J9> serv1. After i made this crontab and tried to execute both the old
> J9> one and the one i just created, neither of them work. And so i
> J9> want to remove the entry (i.e public key copy and authorized_keys
> J9> entry) that i made on serv1 under "thecoolone" login so that
> J9> atleast the crontab that was working before starts working again.
>
> J9> Anyone know how to do that ??
>
> Note that it is not necessary to copy the public key file to the remote
> side; just to include the key in the remote authorized_keys file.
>
> If all you did to the "thecoolone" account was edit the authorized_keys
> file, perhaps you messed up the format in doing so? Be careful that each
> entry is only one line and does not get broken up by an editor.

thank you. i removed the authorized_keys and just created a new one and
copied the public key content in that and it worked.