On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 12:05:53PM -0600, Nick wrote: > Here is the original message. I tried this last night. > > Typed: > /usr/bin/ssh-keygen -t rsa1 -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key -N '' fi > > It worked! Linux responded by saying the key was saved. However, > PSCP still doesn't work. Same "Connection timed out" error. And > these other two commands below did not work. Were you able to start the ssh daemon successfully after generating the key? Were you able to get an ssh connection on the localhost? Hopefully you didn't include the 'fi' at the end of the line there in your actual command. That's part of the shell script, not an ssh-keygen option. If you did, that might explain why the other two didn't work. > > /usr/bin/ssh-keygen -t dsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key -N '' fi > > /usr/bin/ssh-keygen -t rsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key -N '' fi > > Both came back with the response "Failed. Passphrase too short. Have > 2 bytes, need > 4" > > Any ideas? I just started reading an exam cram book for LCP's, but > it doesn't cover much about networking. > > Nick >