From owner-freebsd-security Wed Apr 11 12: 9:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (oe26.law7.hotmail.com [216.33.236.246]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26FDD37B423 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2001 12:09:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from default013@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 11 Apr 2001 12:09:08 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [63.249.129.10] Reply-To: "default013" From: "default013" To: "Erick Mechler" Cc: References: <20010411094013.C56673@techometer.net> Subject: Re: Open-SSH Setup Questions Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 14:14:48 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Apr 2001 19:09:08.0994 (UTC) FILETIME=[E2BA4E20:01C0C2BA] Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Erick, Hi, thanks for the help, but I get this error whenever I try to start sshd with the keys I made using that command... I am probably just unaware of something simple but... error: Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key: Bad file descriptor Disabling protocol version 1 error: Could not load DSA host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key Disabling protocol version 2 sshd: no hostkeys available -- exiting. sshd: no hostkeys available -- exiting. Thanks again ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erick Mechler" To: "default013" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 11:40 AM Subject: Re: Open-SSH Setup Questions > :: How can I tell of open-ssl is installed, and if so, what would be the path > :: to it for an application that wants to use it, such as apache? (I did > :: install the crypto library at install, so I am sure I have it... just don't > :: know where it is) > > If you're running FreeBSD-4.x then you have OpenSSL installed in the base > system. By default, the libraries are in /usr/lib, and the include files > are in /usr/include/openssl. If you use the ports version of Apache, or > any other programs that use OpenSSL, they should be able to find it > automagically. If you're using 3.x, then use the port (security/openssl). > > :: How do i make/get the /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key file? > > ssh-keygen -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key -N '' > > :: I only want to use regular password authentication so that it is easy to > :: use. Are there any special configurations I need to make to do this? > > The default sshd_config supports password authentication, so you shouldn't > need to change anything to get that working. Also, be sure to read > /usr/src/UPDATING for information about the recent changes to the way > OpenSSH interfaces with PAM. > > :: I appreciate the help, thanks. > > Welcome. > > --Erick > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message