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Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > Ross Smith wrote: > > I tried sshd -d as you suggested to Richard; I have no idea what any of > > this means but presumably it will tell you something: > > > > > /usr/sbin$ ./sshd.exe -d > > > debug1: sshd version OpenSSH_2.3.0p1 > > > debug1: Seeding random number generator > > > error: Could not load host key: /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key: No such file or directory > > "/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key". Take a look into your /etc/sshd_config > file. There is probably a line > > HostKey /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key > > Comment it with `#' or remove the line or change it to > > HostKey /etc/ssh_host_key > > Your sshd_config file is from an older version. The older > `ssh-config' created the above HostKey line pointing to > /usr/local/etc by mistake. Thank you! It works fine now, and I'm kicking myself (or would be if I was feeling a bit more limber) because I did read your note about moving ssh out of /usr/local and it should have occurred to me to check the config files for explicit paths. Apologies for my stupidity. -- Ross Smith <ross DOT s AT ihug DOT co DOT nz> The Internet Group, Auckland, New Zealand ======================================================================== "C++ is to programming as sex is to reproduction. Better ways might technically exist but they're not nearly as much fun." -- Nikolai Irgens -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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