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Re: sshd.log permissions error message
- From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>,<Mike dot P dot Smith at kp dot org>
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 21:05:24 -0000
- Subject: Re: sshd.log permissions error message
- References: <OF8912049B.F4F239DA-ON88256C78.0062707C@KP.ORG>
Mike.P.Smith@kp.org <Mike.P.Smith@kp.org> wrote:
> I have
> got the point where my sshd service starts with no errors in the
> windows event viewer and I can log into by box via ssh. However I
> still get the following error message in /var/log/sshd.log file.
> Permissions 0755 for '/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key' are too open.
> It is recommended that your private key files are NOT accessible by
> others.
> This private key will be ignored.
> bad permissions: ignore key: /etc/ssh_host_dsa_key
> Could not load host key: /etc/ssh_host_dsa_key
> Disabling protocol version 1. Could not load host key
> Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key
> sshd: no hostkeys available -- exiting.
> Bad owner or mode for /var/empty
You get 'sshd: ... exiting', but can still log in?
Are you sure you are not looking at a stale log?
Max.
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