Subject: Re: ssh is no longer installed suid
To: Wolfgang Rupprecht <wolfgang@wsrcc.com>
From: Jared D. McNeill <jmcneill@invisible.yi.org>
List: current-users
Date: 03/26/2001 12:28:55
Quoting Wolfgang Rupprecht <wolfgang@wsrcc.com>:
> Mar 26 08:09:49 capsicum inetd[27505]: connection from localhost,
> service ssh (tcp6)
> Mar 26 08:09:49 capsicum sshd[27505]: Disabling protocol version 2.
> Could not load host key
> Mar 26 08:09:49 capsicum sshd[27505]: Generating 768 bit RSA key.
> Mar 26 08:09:49 capsicum sshd[27505]: RSA key generation complete.
> Mar 26 08:09:50 capsicum sshd[27505]: Accepted rsa for wolfgang from
> ::1 port 49212
It seems that you need to explicitly tell sshd (in sshd.conf) where to find the
dsa key. I forget the exact syntax, but I'm pretty sure you just say:
HostKey /etc/ssh_dsa_host_key
Or whatever the filename is.. I had the same problem and adding that like to
sshd.conf fixed the problem for me.
Jared
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Jared D. McNeill - jmcneill@invisible.yi.org
Computer Programming Technology
New Brunswick Community College, Saint John