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Date:      Thu, 27 Dec 2001 15:32:11 -0500 (EST)
From:      Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Johann Sharizan <johann@broadpark.no>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: OpenSSH -- Make up your mind!
Message-ID:  <20011227153102.F11529-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011227212259.70a6a758.johann@broadpark.no>

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On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Johann Sharizan wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I recently installed the newest port of OpenSSH for security reasons,
> after having manually deleted all traces of the old one.
>
> After the installation the new config files could be found in
> /usr/local/etc. SSHD, however, complained it couldn't find sshd_config in
> /etc/ssh. So I went ahead and moved them all from /usr/local/etc to /etc/ssh. But now, SSHD brings me this output, requiring a non-existent file:
>
> Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
>
> I'm utterly confused.

OpenSSH (and SSH in general) requires you to generate keys before you can
run the server.  Normally, FreeBSD does this the first time it boots up.
Have a look at the ssh-keygen command and /etc/rc.network for an example.

Joe

>
> Regards,
> Johann
>
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