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Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 15:57:17 -0700
From: Stephanie Thomas <ssh@clinet.fi>
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To: Robert Forkner <forknerr@acu.edu>
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Subject: Re: FATAL error after using ssh-keygen2
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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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