How does one set system ssh keys?

Kevin Martin kevintm at ameritech.net
Tue Feb 28 13:47:07 UTC 2012



On 02/27/2012 08:21 PM, don fisher wrote:
> On 02/27/12 18:52, Kevin Martin wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 02/27/2012 04:42 PM, don fisher wrote:
>>> The man page talks about /etc/rc, not there.
>>>
>>> I know how to run ssh-keygen for my account. But how does one update the the keys in /etc/ssh. My keys currently have a group
>>> password set to jackuser (999) rather than ssh_keys (997), so I am assuming that there is a system tool to set this up?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> don
>>>
>> What version of Fedora are you on?
>>
>> Kevin
> Sorry, F16.
>
> Don
So what does /etc/sysconfig/sshd show you and what does a " systemctl status sshd-keygen.service " show you?  If that service isn't
active you can activate it with "systemctl enable sshd-keygen.service" and then (maybe after a reboot) the keys should be gen'd for you.

Kevin


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