Hi,

I just compiled the latest incarnation of OpenSSH (2.5.1), and installed it. When I tried to start the daemon, it gave the following warning:

Could not load server key. Disabling 2.0 protocol.

I got a similar thing. For some reason, the build process isn't respecting the --sysconfdir configure option. Watch (warning: long script): Script started on Wed Feb 21 14:13:27 2001 root@ws:/usr/src/openssh-2.5.1p1> make clean [snip] root@ws:/usr/src/openssh-2.5.1p1> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --sysconfdir=/etc/ssh --with-tcp-wrappers --with-pam --with-ipv4-default [snip] OpenSSH configured has been configured with the following options. User binaries: /usr/local/bin System binaries: /usr/local/sbin Configuration files: /etc/ssh Askpass program: /usr/local/libexec/ssh-askpass Manual pages: /usr/local/man/manX PID file: /var/run Random number collection: Device (/dev/urandom) Manpage format: man PAM support: yes KerberosIV support: no AFS support: no S/KEY support: no TCP Wrappers support: yes MD5 password support: no IP address in $DISPLAY hack: no Use IPv4 by default hack: yes Translate v4 in v6 hack: yes Host: i686-pc-linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compiler flags: -g -O2 -Wall Preprocessor flags: -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include Linker flags: -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib Libraries: -lpam -ldl -lwrap -lz -lnsl -lutil -lcrypto PAM is enabled. You may need to install a PAM control file for sshd, otherwise password authentication may fail. Example PAM control files can be found in the contrib/ subdirectory root@ws:/usr/src/openssh-2.5.1p1> make #works correctly root@ws:/usr/src/openssh-2.5.1p1> make install #works correctly root@ws:/usr/src/openssh-2.5.1p1> date Wed Feb 21 14:16:04 PST 2001 root@ws:/usr/src/openssh-2.5.1p1> ls -l /usr/local/sbin/sshd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 664028 Feb 21 14:15 /usr/local/sbin/sshd* root@ws:/usr/src/openssh-2.5.1p1> ls -l /etc/ssh/ total 60 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26287 Feb 21 13:50 primes -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 880 Feb 21 13:50 ssh_config -rw------- 1 root root 668 Feb 9 11:25 ssh_host_dsa_key -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 597 Feb 9 11:25 ssh_host_dsa_key.pub -rw------- 1 root root 522 Feb 9 11:25 ssh_host_key -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 326 Feb 9 11:25 ssh_host_key.pub -rw------- 1 root root 887 Feb 21 13:50 ssh_host_rsa_key -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 217 Feb 21 13:50 ssh_host_rsa_key.pub -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 628 Feb 21 13:50 sshd_config root@ws:/usr/src/openssh-2.5.1p1> /usr/local/sbin/sshd /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key: No such file or directory error: Could not load host key: /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key: No such file or directory Disabling protocol version 1. Could not load host key Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key sshd: no hostkeys available -- exiting. root@ws:/usr/src/openssh-2.5.1p1> sshd --version sshd: invalid option -- - sshd version OpenSSH_2.5.1p1 Usage: sshd [options] Options: -f file Configuration file (default /etc/ssh/sshd_config) -d Debugging mode (multiple -d means more debugging) -i Started from inetd -D Do not fork into daemon mode -q Quiet (no logging) -p port Listen on the specified port (default: 22) -k seconds Regenerate server key every this many seconds (default: 3600) -g seconds Grace period for authentication (default: 600) -b bits Size of server RSA key (default: 768 bits) -h file File from which to read host key (default: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key) -u len Maximum hostname length for utmp recording -4 Use IPv4 only -6 Use IPv6 only root@ws:/usr/src/openssh-2.5.1p1> exit exit ---- Look at the -h flag above. It says the default is /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key, but when the program tries to run, it looks for it in /usr/local/etc...I can always symlink it to get it to run, but this has to be a bug...can anyone else confirm before I send it in? -- Jeremy [jeremy@wellsgaming.com]