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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 21:03:45 +0100
From: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steveo@eircom.net>
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
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Subject: Re: how to keygen /etc/ssh/*key*
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On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:41:39 -0800
Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:

RB> > /usr/bin/ssh-keygen -N "" -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
RB> > /usr/bin/ssh-keygen -d -N "" -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
RB> 
RB> YES!
RB> 
RB> so it knows it's the host master keys because of the null passphrase?  the
RB> person page is a bit light in this area.

	No, it knows it's the host master keys because of the -f parameter
putting the key where the host master key lives.

Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu>
SS> Another cool way is to delete these files, and reboot the

	Ugh - IMHO for far too many reasons to go in to.


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