From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 26 17:32:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp010.mail.yahoo.com (smtp010.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9BD8E37B422 for ; Sat, 26 May 2001 17:32:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sky_tracker@yahoo.com) Received: from hse-toronto-ppp3490137.sympatico.ca (HELO d.tracker) (65.92.118.180) by smtp.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 May 2001 00:32:51 -0000 X-Apparently-From: Received: (from david@localhost) by d.tracker (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f4R1WRe00771; Sun, 27 May 2001 01:32:27 GMT (envelope-from david) Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 20:32:27 -0500 From: David Banning To: Bill Moran Cc: david@banning.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ssh installation problem Message-ID: <20010526203226.A662@yahoo.com> Reply-To: David Banning References: <200105270026.f4R0Q2700505@d.tracker> <3B103F48.53519E5D@iowna.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <3B103F48.53519E5D@iowna.com>; from wmoran@iowna.com on Sat, May 26, 2001 at 07:42:00PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 07:42:00PM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > David Banning wrote: > > > > I just installed SSH acccording to the directions on mostgraveconcern.org > > What version of FreeBSD are you running? Versions after 4.1.1 and 3.5.1 > have ssh installed with the base system. > I am running 4.3 > > I made the error of entering both lines; > > > > /usr/bin/ssh-keygen -N "" -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key (SSH-1) > > # /usr/bin/ssh-keygen -d -N "" -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key (SSH-2) > > > > when I try /usr/sbin/sshd > > I get the error ; > > > > error: ConnectionsPerPeriod has been deprecated! > > This says your ssh config file is outdated. A depreciated value won't > cause ssh to malfunction, but it's a good indicator that you need to fix > your config file. Well maybe I didn't follow the mostgraveconcern tutorial _exactly_. I didn't do a cvsup because I did one about a month ago when I upgraded to 4.3 I can't imagine that is my problem as to why it is out of date. > > > I don't know if that is related to my error or not. > > > > sshd seems to be running, but since I haven't figured out how to do > > a ssh login yet I don't even know whether it's effective. > > I'm guessing what you've done is installed an old version of ssh over > top of the current version. Somehow the config file was replaced with > the old config file, but you're still running the new version of ssh > (pure speculation here) > > If you're running a newer version of FreeBSD that has ssh as part of the > base system, deinstall the ssh package and use the system-based version. > It can be configured to start up automagically via /etc/rc.conf. I just did the install from the ports; /usr/ports/security/rsaref Wait a minute. If I already had ssh installed I installed this from the ports then that would me the one version over the other you describing? > > Getting a login via ssh is simple: > ssh localhost I get the login but it will not accept me. I imagine it wants me to have a password (I don't have one presently) I am in the ~/.rhosts file. > should work to test. > See man ssh for more details. I could consult this probably to work out my password access problem - _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message