Problems getting rsync over SSH without password

[Rick Stevens]

Aaron Gray wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have two old servers with one mirroring the other using RSYNC over
> SSH. I did this some time ago.
> 
> Now coming to replace these servers with two new F11 ones I cannot
> seem to get the it to work without supplying passwords.
> 
> I followed my instructions I wrote at the time for RSYNC over SSH, but
> it still asks for a password even though AFAICS I have set up the
> certificates correctly.
> 
> Any help or suggestions welcome,

Make sure that the user's .ssh directory has the correct SELinux 
contexts as well as correct permissions:

$ ls -lZd .ssh
drwx------. rick rick system_u:object_r:home_ssh_t:s0  .ssh
$ ls -lZ .ssh
-rw-------. rick rick system_u:object_r:home_ssh_t:s0  authorized_keys
-rw-------. rick rick system_u:object_r:home_ssh_t:s0  id_dsa
-rw-r--r--. rick rick system_u:object_r:home_ssh_t:s0  id_dsa.keystore
-rw-r--r--. rick rick system_u:object_r:home_ssh_t:s0  id_dsa.pub
-rw-r--r--. rick rick system_u:object_r:home_ssh_t:s0  known_hosts
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