Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:34:40 -0400 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't install ssh Message-ID: <20000416233440.I48499@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <00041621562201.01068@urim>; from jim@freeze.org on Sun, Apr 16, 2000 at 09:28:36PM -0400 References: <00041621562201.01068@urim>
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On Sun, Apr 16, 2000 at 09:28:36PM -0400, Jim Freeze wrote: > I am using 3.4R from the ports and cannot get ssh to install. > > At first the rsaref sites paths were wrong. I eventually got that working. > Now I get the following error: > > ===> Generating temporary packing list > Generating a secret host key... > Initializing random number generator... > Generating p: .................++ (distance 332) > Generating q: .....................++ (distance 430) > Computing the keys... > Key generation complete. > Saving the key failed: /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key: Not a directory. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop. > ---------------------------------- > I created the ssh_host_key directory, but it returned the exact same error. > > Can anyone help me? /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key is a file, not a directory, # rmdir /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key And try again. Is there anything odd about /usr/local/etc? > PS I noticed ssh2.1.0 exists. Do I want this latest version? It depends. It has a much more restrictive license for one thing. I personally have gone to OpenSSH over either of them (and OpenSSH is part of the 4.0 base system too). -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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