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Re: sshd.log permissions error message


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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