[Dirvish] Setting up new backup

[wes]

On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 4:11 PM Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Oct 2019, wes wrote:
>
> > Ok, nevermind. I forget just how... non-standard... your network setup
> is.
>
> SOHO LANs don't use static IP addresses when they have only a handfull of
> hosts?
>

a) No, they generally do not.

b) That is not the only non-standard aspect to your setup. By convention,
the router is always set to .1 on whatever network it's routing for.
However there is no law that states this must be the case; your router can
have whatever IP you want it to. It just means there will be more
opportunities for confusion when people try to help you :)


> > Well at least we've made progress toward identifying the problem. What's
> in
> > the authorized_keys file, as well as the id_ed25519.pub file? These are
> > safe to share. The id_ed25519 (with no extension) is the private key and
> > should not be shared anywhere.
>
> Yes, this I know.
>
> I just added root's public key to root's authorized_keys:
>

Ok, since you just did this, what does ssh localhost (as root) give you now?


> I like dirvish and have used it for at least 19 years. I want to get it
> working on the new desktop ASAP.
>

Maybe if we get this figured out, we can update the documentation to clear
this up for other users in the future.

-wes
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