On 2007-Feb-05 21:29:27 -0600, Brooks Davis wrote: >On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 05:51:38PM -0800, Arone Silimantia wrote: >> So, am I correct that I can just tar up /etc/ssh on the old system and >> use it to overwrite /etc/ssh on the new system, and that's that ? No >> warning message or other problems ? > >Yes. Actually, the files you need are "/etc/ssh/*_key /etc/ssh/*_key.pub". >The others may contain settings you want to move, but don't effect the >machine's ssh identity.
I'll go further and say that you are unlikely to want to copy the
remaining files. In particular, you should merge your local changes
to /etc/ssh/ssh{,d}_config because just copying those files across
is quite likely to give the newer ssh a degree of indigestion.
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Peter Jeremy
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