Re: SSH

[Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>]

On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 11:39:10AM -0700, Jay Kelly wrote:
> Hello Group,
> I just installed ssh using apt-get install ssh and after it was installed
> ssh says your identification has been saved in /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key. Your
> public key has been saved in /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub. Now the question, in
> the past I have used ssh_genkey command to generate my RSA key. if I do that
> now should I delete all the other keys. I want to use Tera Team Pro on a
> windows machine to connect via a secure shell. Everytime I try to connect
> after copying the key over I still am not able to connect. I use genkey the
> copy it over to authorize_keys and take the identity key to my windows
> machine. So what are the steps needed to make this work?
> Thanks

No, those keys it refers to are the host keys. You don't use those for
personal authentication, the sshd server uses them for incoming
connections to verify the server's identity. Create your own keys the same
as you used to.

Ben

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