From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 15 23:57:20 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BDD11065670 for ; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:57:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from aiolos.otenet.gr (aiolos.otenet.gr [83.235.67.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABC5D8FC0C for ; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:57:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pulstar.local (ppp-94-69-68-99.home.otenet.gr [94.69.68.99]) by aiolos.otenet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id nAFNvI8Z002584; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:57:18 +0200 Message-ID: <4B00955E.908@otenet.gr> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:57:18 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Kline References: <20091115234930.GA11465@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20091115234930.GA11465@thought.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: no sshd on new server... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:57:20 -0000 Gary Kline wrote: > ok, i have my new server-to-be underway but having problems exec'ing > /usr/sbin/sshd. i can ssh out to existing computers, but cannot ssh > or scp stuff in. so my question is: how do i create > /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key ? checking around does no good. > > tia for any insights, > > gary > > Add: sshd_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf and then execute: /etc/rc.d/sshd start (or reboot your system) The keys will be automatically created at first startup of the ssh daemon