Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 20:32:27 -0500 From: David Banning <sky_tracker@yahoo.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> Cc: david@banning.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ssh installation problem Message-ID: <20010526203226.A662@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <3B103F48.53519E5D@iowna.com>; from wmoran@iowna.com on Sat, May 26, 2001 at 07:42:00PM -0400 References: <200105270026.f4R0Q2700505@d.tracker> <3B103F48.53519E5D@iowna.com>
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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 This says your ssh config file is outdated.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a cvsup because I did one about a month ago when I upgraded to 4.3 I can't imagine that is my problem as to why it is out of date.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
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