[techtalk] Re: ssh setup

[Beverly Guillermo]

When you run a ssh client, the key should be saved the first time in
some file that it will now use each time it connects.

If you compiled ssh by default, it'll use the /usr/local subdirectories.
When you run ssh-keygen, you need to make sure you're placing the key
into /usr/local/etc directory rather then just /etc written in the 
instructions.

$ ssh-keygen -b 1024 -f /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key -N ''

I think that's how you create one.

Beverly


Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Subba Rao wrote:

> 
> I have downloaded the OpenSSH and OpenSSL (prerequisite for OpenSSH).
> The installation went fine.
> 
> I have several questions about the public/private keys. When I used the ssh-keygen,
> the keys were generated. I am assuming you use one of these keys with the ssh client.
> The clients I will use are on Win95/NT and OS/2.
> 
> Do I copy these keys and put them in the ssh clients directory?
> 
> When I tried to start sshd, I got the following message.
> 
> error: Could not load host key: /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key: No such file or directory
> 
> I did not see any info about ssh_host_key in the ssh or sshd man pages. What
> is this key and how do I fix it?
> 
> 
> Subba Rao
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