Cant setup RSYNC via SSH (bug) ecdsa unknown

[cpzengel]

regarding to

http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Rs...SSH_Mode_Between_Two_FreeNAS.E2.84.A2_Systems

its not possible to create a ecdsa key

ssh-keygen -t ecdsa

results to a

unknown key type ecdsa

please advice help;-)

Chriz

 

[James]

Use a different key type then. -t also supports "rsa" and "dsa".

 

[cpzengel]

i set it up same with rsa. does rsync care about this?

 

[James]

I don't think so. Please add to the thread if you have problems using an RSA key.

 

[cpzengel]

i tried it and it works with rsa. perhaps someone has to modify the doc

is there any way to watch rsync verbose or logged?

i got my cmd out of crontab and tested it

 

[ProtoSD]

In Unix and Linux there is a thing called "man" it is the documentation for all commands. You can read the man page for rsync by googling "freebsd man rsync".

 

[cpzengel]

please safe your energy for necessary posts

the question to all motivated and helpful users was:

is there a log or result page for rsync tasks

i activated the log in rsync service and it does not log anything

 

[ProtoSD]

If you don't like the answer, don't ask the question. The answer is in the documentation for rsync. The forums aren't a substitution for people too lazy to search or read!

-v verbose

--log-file=/path/logfile

You haven't even posted any information about the version of FreeNAS you are using.

 

[cpzengel]

its freeness 8.04

i added

log file=/var/log/rsyncd.log
transfer logging=true
log format="%o %h [%a] %m (%u) [%i] %f %l"

on push and pull and it does only logs the rsync start.
please advice

where would you put your flags? cron? i added mine to aux of rsync

 

[sysfu]

I am curious why support for ecdsa SSH key types seem to be missing from FreeNAS-8.3.0-RELEASE-x64 (r12701M) when the docs clearly state this is a supported key type.

NOTE: FreeNAS® supports the following types of SSH keys: ECDSA, DSA, and RSA. When creating the key, specify the type you wish to use or, if you are generating the key on another operating system, select a type of key the key generation software supports.

Next, view and copy the contents of the generated public key:

http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Rsync_Tasks

 

[sysfu]

Found the answer. ECDSA key types are supported in OpenSSH 5.7 and later. Version of OpenSSH on current build of FreeNAS is too old: OpenSSH_5.4p1_hpn13v11 FreeBSD-20100308, OpenSSL 0.9.8q 2 Dec 2010