On Tuesday 23 November 2010 03:51:55 Andrew Joakimsen wrote:

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I don't care about the configuration or preserving anything. How can I restore SSH configuration to be exactly like it would be after a new installation of openSUSE?

ssh-keygen as root.

That still does not generate the SSH fingerprint, like it does with a fresh configuration.

If we're talking about openSUSE openssh package, then sshd start script should automatically create the host keys upon start, if there are no host key definitions in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and the default files do not already exist. Just have a look at /etc/init.d/sshd to see what is supposed to happen during sshd start.

Also, I still have the original issue which is when I try to SCP files to other machines it fails with the error:

command-line: line 0: bad configuration option: passwordprompt

You either have an alias or script named scp where that invalid option 'passwordprompt' is set (unless you actually defined that option yourself in the scp command, which I doubt). -- Martti Laaksonen -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

* Andrew Joakimsen [11-23-10 15:49]:

I never changed the scp script, so how do i reset everything in ssh and scp to be like it was with a new installation?

Please consider trimming your quots. rpm -qf `which scp` will tell you which package contains scp rpm -qfl `which scp` will provide you with the included files those named ...config... or ...conf... and/or existing below /etc/ usually relate to configuration some of which will exise below ~/.ssh/ zypper in -f openssh will reinstall the package but does not overwrite changed configuration files -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Tuesday 23 November 2010 22:47:36 Andrew Joakimsen wrote:

I never changed the scp script, so how do i reset everything in ssh and scp to be like it was with a new installation?

Just to clarify, scp, as installed from openssh package, is an executable binary _not_ a script. If you're still having problems with sshd/scp after re-installing openssh like Patrick instructed in another response, then you could enter command type -a scp in a terminal to see how your shell would interpret scp if used as a command name (assuming that bash is your default shell). It should print something like this (in openSUSE 11.3): testuser@darkside:~> type -a scp scp is /usr/bin/scp scp is /usr/bin/X11/scp If, on the other hand, you have an scp alias or a script called scp lurking somewhere in your shell's PATH, you might see something like this instead: testuser@darkside:~> type -a scp scp is aliased to `scp -o passwordprompt' scp is /home/testuser/bin/scp scp is /usr/bin/scp scp is /usr/bin/X11/scp -- Martti -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org