Thus spake Michael D. Crawford: > I updated ssh and some other packages from unstable today, and when it > installed, and also when my machine boots, I get the message: > > Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd/etc/ssh/sshd_config line 53: > Deprecated option Checkmail > Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key > > and indeed when I try to use the putty ssh client from Windows to log into > the machine, I ask for ssh2 but it falls back to ssh1. > > To get rid of the first message I commented off this line in > /etc/ssh/sshd_config: > > CheckMail no > changed to > #CheckMail no > > and added a second line for the ssh2 host key. I started with: > > HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key > > and changed it to: > > HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key > HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key > > If I only use ssh_host_dsa_key, then ssh1 is disabled. I would prefer to > only use ssh2, but I think there is only an ssh1 client available for > classic Mac OS (NiftyTelnet SSH) > > I have debian powerpc unstable installed on my Macintosh 8500. There is also a program called, I think, MacSSHPPC, that is downloadable from zdnet for free, that handles ssh2. HTH, Steve -- Manly's Maxim: Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.
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