OpenSSH - Could not load host key: /etc/sshd/ssh_host_rsa_key

From: LOEWENTHAL Simon (sloewenthal@gemini.edu)
Date: Thu May 12 2005 - 12:11:55 EDT


Dear all,

Today I installed OpenSSH on a Solaris 8 machine. I created the keys
under /etc/ssh, which are:
   2 -rw------- 1 root other 668 Apr 29 15:28 ssh_host_dsa_key
   2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 603 Apr 29 15:28
ssh_host_dsa_key.pub
   2 -rw------- 1 root other 883 Apr 29 15:27 ssh_host_rsa_key
   2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 223 Apr 29 15:27
ssh_host_rsa_key.pub

The /etc/init.d/openssh essentially runs:

[ -x /opt/csw/sbin/sshd ] && /opt/csw/sbin/sshd -h
/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key -h /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key

However, when this runs I get the message:
Could not load host key: /etc/sshd/ssh_host_rsa_key
Could not load host key: /etc/sshd/ssh_host_dsa_key

In the /etc/init.d/openssh there is a varible defined, KEYDIR=/etc/ssh,
but this is only used by /ssh-keygen/, and it does not
say /etc/ssh*d.

*If I link /etc/ssh to /etc/sshd the error message disapears, but no
users except root can log on via SSH.
If I move /etc/ssh /etc/sshd, then keygen runs again as if it cannot see
the keys, and then sshd says that it cannot load the keys from /etc/ssh!

Has anyone seen this afore?

Regards, S.

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