On Sat, Apr 09, 2022 at 08:55:12AM +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote: > Unlike in the VMWare input module, we don't have "remote_file_exists" > "scp_from_remote_to_temporary" functions in the Xen input module; > therefore, nothing inherently prevents "-ip" from satisfying all ssh > password requests when using input-xen. However, the Xen server still > needs to permit PasswordAuthentication; sync the appropriate note from the > input-vmware manual to the input-xen manual. > > Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1854275 > Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek(a)redhat.com&gt; > --- > docs/virt-v2v-input-xen.pod | 4 +++- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/docs/virt-v2v-input-xen.pod b/docs/virt-v2v-input-xen.pod > index c4948e5e0c23..8080ebea7723 100644 > --- a/docs/virt-v2v-input-xen.pod > +++ b/docs/virt-v2v-input-xen.pod > @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ RHEL 5 Xen, or SLES and OpenSUSE Xen hosts. > > You can use SSH password authentication, by supplying the name of a > file containing the password to the I<-ip> option (note this option > -does I<not> take the password directly). > +does I<not> take the password directly). You may need to adjust > +F</etc/ssh/sshd_config> on the Xen server to set > +C<PasswordAuthentication yes>. > > If you are not using password authentication, an alternative is to use > ssh-agent, and add your ssh public key to Reviewed-by: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones(a)redhat.com&gt;