AIX

Hi guys,

Anyone encountered the following error.

1.) all keys and passphrases worked on aix 7.1.2
2.) upgraded to aix 7.1.3sp5
3.) none of the keys / passphrases work anymore.
4.) when generating new keys without passphrase everything is ok.
5.) when generating keys with passphrase and ssh-keygen fails.
6.) did check all file and directory permissions.
7.) same error with rsa,dsa and ecdsa keys


Any ideas?
Regards

Usually you'd get a line like:

Code:

Enter file in which to save the key (/home/mute/.ssh/id_rsa):

So it looks to me like your $HOME is unset and you can't save to //.ssh

I have tried to save it to /tmp as a example. Same issue.

I think it's because he did it under root user.

Did you try to run ssh -vvvv? It can also help to stop ssh on the server side: stopsrc -s sshd and to run it manually in debug mode: /usr/sbin/sshd -D -ddd to see what happens.

We assume it is root, because //.ssh/* is the same as /.ssh/*

Just to be sure:

the output of the commands:

id
ls -ld /.ssh //.ssh

print HOME: ${HOME}

and, ls -ls ${HOME}/.ssh/id_dsa

FYI: the dsa keys seem to be "the less desired" PKI keys these days. You also want to be sure you have an "rsa" key - of sufficient bits.

and the output of ssh-V will reveal how new/old your installed ssh/ssl software is.

Thanks guys, seems to be a bug in openssl on aix 7.1.3sp5.

where is the output of lslpp -L 'openssl.*' and emgr -l?