2.5.1p1 Could not load host key

[Jan-Frode Myklebust]

On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 08:36:18AM -0500, Greg Louis wrote:
> OpenSSH 2.5.1p1 was compiled on two different Linux machines, both with 
> glibc 2.2, libz-1.1.3 and openssl-0.9.6.  Both had been running 2.3.0p1 
> successfully.  On both, the new sshd failed:
>  # ./sshd -d -d -d -D
>  debug1: sshd version OpenSSH_2.5.1p1
>  debug1: load_private_key_autodetect: type 0 RSA1
>  Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key


Try pointing to your protocol 2 key in sshd_config:

HostKey /etc/ssh_host_key
HostKey /etc/ssh_host_dsa_key



  -jf

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Jan-Frode Myklebust, Para//ab, High Performance Computing Center