hi experts,

very need help, i had setup the SSH on solaris 8 and have generate the key but i have problem to start the sshd below is the error messages :

/etc/rc2.d/S97sshd start
Could not load host key: /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key
Could not load host key: /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_rsa_key
Could not load host key: /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key
Disabling protocol version 1. Could not load host key
Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key
sshd: no hostkeys available -- exiting.

please advices

very appreciate for the help

thank you so much


Best Regards,

bucci

http://www.unixguide.net/sun/ssh_installation.shtml states a example of the same problem. This is generate due to the fact that there is no key pair generated. please check again if the key pair is generated.

Also take a look at how to generate the keys.

Regards,
Johan Louwers.

hi suntac,

do you know about this error?

/etc/init.d/sshd start
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@ WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE! @
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Permissions 0644 for '/usr/local/etc/asari@ovodapp_id_dsa.pub' are too open.
It is recommended that your private key files are NOT accessible by others.
This private key will be ignored.
bad permissions: ignore key: /usr/local/etc/asari@ovodapp_id_dsa.pub
Could not load host key: /usr/local/etc/asari@ovodapp_id_dsa.pub
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
@ WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE! @
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Permissions 0644 for '/usr/local/etc/asari@ovodapp_id_dsa.pub' are too open.
It is recommended that your private key files are NOT accessible by others.
This private key will be ignored.
bad permissions: ignore key: /usr/local/etc/asari@ovodapp_id_dsa.pub
Could not load host key: /usr/local/etc/asari@ovodapp_id_dsa.pub
Disabling protocol version 1. Could not load host key
Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key
sshd: no hostkeys available -- exiting.


please advice

thank you so much


Regards,

bucci

I think that everyone can view and change the file /usr/local/etc/asari@ovodapp_id_dsa.pub you have to change the security settings on the files.

Can you post the ls -la results on the directory?

Regards,
Johan Louwers.

usually chmod-ing the file to 644 solves the problem.
edit: Please excuse me and don't get cofused ...my bad
The posts below me shows the correct permissions.

The error shows that 644 is too open and that it's ignoring the keys. Change the key perms to 600 and try to start sshd again.

Carl

We are dealing with exactly the opposite. Keys are not supposed to be readable by others. Therefore the permissions should be 600 as stated in another post.

When the key files are readable everyone could "steal" them and use your keys.