Re: ssh_keygen : command not found

[Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Sunday 16 November 2014 17:01:41 Ron Leach wrote:
> I hesitate to trouble the list with this but, when trying to generate
> a key pair on a (lenny) system recently upgraded to wheezy, 7.7, I am
> seeing this:
>
> ron@d7server:~$ ssh-keygen
> -bash: ssh_keygen : command not found
> ron@d7server:~$
>
> Aptitude says that openssh-client, version 1:6.0p1-4+deb7 is installed
> and, from its description, includes the ssh-keygen utility.
>
> ~/.ssh exists, and does not contain a key pair.  It does contain an
> authorized keys file.
>
> Openssh-server is installed and runs, allowing remote login via rsa key.
>
> Nothing in wiki suggests that ssh-keygen is not the correct command,
> nor do the man pages, in fact all the documents seem to suggest it
> should run.
>
> Maybe I could check it is actually present.  Where does ssh-keygen
> live in the machine?
>
> I can't think what else to try, and would be grateful for any
> suggestions.  (Don't hold back, I don't doubt I've done something
> stupid :( )

I don't know, but guessing from what you say here - should you be running the 
command ssh-keygen as root?

Lisi