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.
pgp78xyqAE2JL.pgp
Description: PGP signature
