On Thursday 02 May 2002 9:51 am, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > Long time no hear! > I've been too busy in the garden :-)
> > > > Notice the extra line: 'Creating SSH1 key' > > !? Perhaps you didn't purge everything? As far as I can see from > /var/lib/dpkg/info/ssh.postinst this should be dependent on answers > given during configuration. Those answers are stored by debconf, which > you presumably didn't purge. (Some day I got to find out where it is! > RTFM time). I think you're right. My purging wasn't particularly scientific. What most people don't realise, is that the 'rf' - in rm -rf stands from Really Frustrated. I'm surprised I didn't do any real damage! > > I presume that > # dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low ssh I've not tried these args. I'd tried dpkg-reconfigure on its own, and it said everything was fine, or words to that effect. > > and type it in, rather than from a telnet session. i.e. The telnet > > session produces: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ssh-add > > Could not open a connection to your authentication agent. > > !? > > You should only need ssh-agent running on the machine where *you* sit. I'm a bit confused by this. Surely if I'm sitting in from of the laptop (vaiow) and want to ssh to the server (guestw) - doesn't the ssh-agent need to be running on guestw? > However, for processes to talk to ssh-agent, they need a couple of > environment variables and whathaveyou. I put this in my ~/.xsession > > eval $( ssh-agent ) > > (where to put this depends on how you start X. My gdm is set up to use > xsession for me. I like the control). I've seen references to .xsession in the man pages, but I don't have a file called .xsession. Perhaps it's because I'm running kde. But a ps shows it's running anyway, so I haven't prodded things too hard. > > Yep. I had the same problem once upon a time. Look into the -t option on > ssh-keygen and use either 'rsa' or 'dsa'. It *is* inconsistent that > everybody recommends ssh protocol version 2, but the default for > ssh-keygen is to generate version 1 keys... Ah ... that does explain things. But, fingers crossed, things are looking ok now. Must remember not to reboot! The laptop is perched on the window-ledge in the kitchen, getting the odd splash of oil and beer. Hadn't been rebooted for two months until this morning! Dougie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]