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Re: [SCALUG] Problems with sshd
On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Troy Johnson wrote:
> I usually use ssh rpms to install sshd, but it seems that this practice
> has come around to bite me on the a__ (now that I'd like to install it
> on a Solaris 2.6 box). I compiled ssh and utilities, and they work fine,
> but there might be something I don't understand about running sshd (and
> perhaps that is an understatement). In hopes that one of you will know
> what I missed (or what I am not doing), I post this question here. Why
> won't sshd start up (or give me a better error message)? Here is what I
> get when I try to run sshd as root:
>
> # ls ssh*
> ssh ssh-add ssh-agent ssh-askpass ssh-keygen sshd
> # ./sshd
> error: fatal: Could not load host key: /etc/ssh_host_key. Check path
> and permissions.
> # ls -al /etc/ssh*
> -rw------- 1 root other 525 Sep 24 11:01 /etc/ssh_host_key
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 329 Sep 24 11:01
> /etc/ssh_host_key.pub
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 0 Sep 24 11:30 /etc/sshd_config
>
ssh is very anal about permissions. try chowning root.root to those
files.
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