Normally the sshd start up script generates the host keys. This should be automatic for system installs.
On Nov 7, 2016 11:28 AM, "Rich Shepard" <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > On Sun, 6 Nov 2016, Rich Shepard wrote: > > > On the server/workstation and a portable ~/.ssh has 700 perms while the > > authorized_keys, known_hosts, and *.pub key files in that directory have > 644 > > perms; the others are 600. > > I've identified the problem and am working on finding the solution. It > turns out that on the portable, the ssh_host* keys are empty files. That's > why sshd does not start when the system is booted or root tries to start > it. > > My Web searchers discuss using ssh-keygen to create user keys. I just > re-generated the keys on the portable using > ssh-keygen -t ed25519 > and it recreated ~/.ssh/id_ed25519, ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub, and > ~/.ssh/known_hosts. But /etc/ssh/ still has private and public key files > with 0 bytes. > > Still looking ... > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
