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i don't have /etc/inet.d/sshd

>which sshd
/usr/sbin/sshd


when I try to run sshd
>sshd <ENTER>
...could not load hostkey....

i don't have a copy and paste , but perhaps somebdoy here recognizes the message

thanks in advance

You either don't have a host key, or it has the wrong permissions.
go to your ssh directory (probably /etc/ssh ) and check that you have a ssh_host_rsa_key and/or a ssh_host_rsa_key. and that they are owned by root:root and have 600 permissions.
If not, run :

Code:

# ssh-keygen -t rsa1 -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key -N ""
# ssh-keygen -t dsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key -N ""
# ssh-keygen -t rsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key -N ""

Read the sshd and ssh man pages for mkore info.

thank you, that worked. now sshd works. nmap showed port 22 open. netstat listed port :22.

But now I don't know how to log in!

I didn't actually set up the accoutns on the knoppix machine..it was automatic. I guess there are two. One called knoppix, the other root. If I do whoami it says knoppix. If I type su , the prompt changes to root.
I have no idea what the password is for either of them. Though from the machine itself, once i'm int knoppix and run su, I go straight to root no password necessary.

I believe the knoppix root password is auto-scrambled for security. You'll have to set it from a root prompt before you can remote-login as root.

many thanks to both of you..

The ssh-keygen worked.. and the changing the password on root worked(passwd command) and allowed me to log in through ssh as root. Additionally, I created a new user (useradd/adduser)