Hi Robert,
You'll need to generate the hostkeys without a passphrase:
As root:
# /usr/local/bin/ssh-keygen2 -b 1024 -P /etc/ssh2/hostkey
Hostkeys must not have a passphrase.
Best Regards,
Steph
Robert Forkner wrote:
>
> I'm running SSH 2.3 on an AIX 4.3.3 box. I want to change my private and
> public keys, but when after I run the following command:
>
> /usr/local/bin/ssh-keygen2 -b 1024 /etc/ssh2/hostkey
>
> ...I can't restart SSH. When I try to, I get the following error:
>
> FATAL ERROR: ssh_privkey_read from /etc/ssh2/hostkey failed.
>
> I looked in /etc/ssh2/sshd2_config file and the HostKeyFIle and
> PublicHostKeyFile are configured as follows:
>
> HostKeyFile hostkey
> PublicHostKeyFile hostkey.pub
>
> I tried putting a fully qualified path here as well and that didn't change
> anything.
>
> I used a backup to fix it - just so I could break it again - and when I
> deleted a public key from the /.ssh2/knownhosts directory, the same error
> occurred. What am I missing here, because I would really like to change
> this key.
>
> Rob.
>
>
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