Hi all,
It appears that sshd does not like to use a passphrase.
When I use ssh-keygen with a passphrase, sshd fails to start with the
following error:
# /public/bin/sshd -d
debug: sshd version 1.2.26 [sparc-sun-solaris2.4]
debug: Bad passphrase supplied for key file /etc/ssh_host_key.
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh_host_key
fatal: Please check that you have sufficient permissions and the file exists.
The permission on the file is fine ...
# ls -l /etc/ssh_host*
-rw------- 1 root other 526 Oct 13 15:16 /etc/ssh_host_key
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 330 Oct 13 15:16 /etc/ssh_host_key.pub
and sshd did find the file and access it ...
# ls -alu /etc/ssh_h*
-rw------- 1 root other 526 Oct 13 16:28 /etc/ssh_host_key
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 330 Oct 13 15:17 /etc/ssh_host_key.pub
When I use ssh-keygen with a null passphrase, sshd starts without problems.
What gives?
Thanks,
Norman.
