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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]

> 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.

Thanks, i had tried that but it looked like it was only for making user
keys. Anyway i told it to dump the key to /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key instead
of /root/.ssh/whatever and it seems to have worked fine (I can connect
remotely using ssh2)

Another question tho - what are the pro's and con's of using a passphrase
for these server keys?

ent.