Thanks to everyone who responded to my request. I fixed it. For those of you that might be curious as to the final solution, it was the openssl.cfg file. It was definitely corrupted. So David was looking in the right direction and Steven was very close.
I tried the erase and reinstall of openssh which had no effect. I tried the same with openssl and received a large amount of dependencies to be removed (including yum) which I didn't want to do. I started to compare openssl config files with a known good system. It was completely different. I found a close to valid copy of it and replaced it. After that, it was a matter of getting the values correct. Each time I ran openssl, it gave me a different line error for me to correct until it started working. Openssh-client & server also started working there after. Thanks again for all of your replies, Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 4:50:29 PM Subject: Re: [nlug] SSH server & client help Steven, You might have something there. I ran a Google search of sshd conf_def.c and came across this: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://southbrain.com/south/2011/04/centosredhat-56-sshd-problem-8.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looks very similar. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven S. Critchfield" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 2:49:06 PM Subject: Re: [nlug] SSH server & client help a quick google search of conf_def.c makes me think this is openSSL related. Noting there is a bug in openSSL being patched within the last few days, maybe you need to target that as well. ----- Original Message ----- > Hello everyone, > > I'm having a problem with one of my fc15 machines. First it started > with a file system error which I fixed with fsck . Once it came back > up, the ssh server wouldn't at boot. Then I realized the client wasn't > working either. I get the following errors: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > # service sshd start > Starting sshd (via systemctl): Job failed. See system logs and > 'systemctl status' for details. > [ FAILED ] > > # systemctl status sshd.service > sshd.service - LSB: Start up the OpenSSH server daemon > Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd) > Active: failed since Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:53:56 -0600; 4min 23s ago > Process: 3985 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd start (code=exited, > status=1/FAILURE) > CGroup: name=systemd:/system/sshd.service > > $ ssh kedo9 > Auto configuration failed > 3078813332:error:0E079065:configuration file > routines:DEF_LOAD_BIO:missing equal sign:conf_def.c:362:line 1 > > # cat /var/log/messages-20120129 | grep ssh > Jan 28 09:56:15 kedo15 systemd[1]: Unit sshd.service entered failed > state. Jan 28 09:56:19 kedo15 systemd[1]: sshd.service: control > process exited, code=exited status=1 > (There are multiple entries like this) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > I've done the usual googling, and haven't found much. I have also un- > and re-installed. The sshd_config is now the default and still I have > the same issues. I'm not sure what file it means is missing a "missing > equal sign". > > I will be grateful for any ideas you might have. I really don't want > to format this box. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Kevin > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] For more options, visit this > group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -- Steven Critchfield [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
