Re: ssh2 dsa key

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From: lesbell
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 00:00

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In aus.computers.linux entr0py <kill_th@spam.com> wrote:
> When starting sshd i get;

> "Starting sshd: error: Could not load DSA host key:
> /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
> Disabling protocol version 2"

> This key file does not exist - is it supposed to be created during
> installation? (I installed using rpm -U)

Assuming you're referring to OpenSSH 2.1.x, then see man ssh-keygen. You
need to specify the -d option to build DSA keys. I don't know if your
RPM was supposed to build the server keys for you - it did when I 
installed SSH 1.2 from a Caldera RPM, but I built OpenSSH from a
tarball. IIRC, the "make host-keys" procedure for the tarball doesn't
build DSA keys either and I had to do it manually with ssh-keygen.

Best,

--- Les [http://www.lesbell.com.au]

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