no sshd on new server...

[Gary Kline]

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 01:00:14AM +0100, Polytropon wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:49:33 -0800, Gary Kline <kline at thought.org> wrote:
> > 
> > 	ok, i have my new server-to-be underway but having problems exec'ing
> > 	/usr/sbin/sshd.  i can ssh out to existing computers, but cannot ssh
> > 	or scp stuff in.  so my question is:  how do i create
> > 	/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key ?  checking around does no good.
> 
> Maybe I remember incorrectly, but doesn't sshd create this file
> on its first startup?
> 
> Do you have
> 
> 	sshd_enable="YES"
> 
> in /etc/rc.conf? Is sshd running, or do you get error messages
> regarding the host DSA key file?
> 
> 

	there were stderrs output when i tried to exec sshd.  reason
	was that the rc.conf entry was not in rc.conf.  (this is all
	going into my .howto file....

	gary


> 
> 
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