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lsh-utils for Debian
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lsh-utils for Debian
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Versions of lsh since 1.3.6 have required a random seed file for both the
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Versions of lsh since 1.3.6 have required a random seed file for both the
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server and the client (one for each user in the latter case). These random
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server and the client (one for each user in the latter case). These random
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seeds will be automatically generated when the lsh-server is started for the
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seeds will be automatically generated when the lsh-server is started for the
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first time.
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first time.
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As an alternative, you can of course use the old way to have the seed
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As an alternative, you can of course use the old way to have the seed
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generated. For this you need the lsh-utils package installed. After removing
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generated. For this you need the lsh-utils package installed. After removing
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the automatically generated seed (/var/spool/lsh/yarrow-seed-file) you have to
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the automatically generated seed (/var/spool/lsh/yarrow-seed-file) you have to
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run "lsh-make-seed --server" (as root) to generate the random seed.
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run "lsh-make-seed --server" (as root) to generate the random seed.
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For security reasons (otherwise the timing information will be broken) this
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For security reasons (otherwise the timing information will be broken) this
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needs to be run from a local console.
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needs to be run from a local console.
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Using the lsh-client
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Using the lsh-client
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To use the lsh client, all a user needs to do is run lsh-make-seed and type
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To use the lsh client, all a user needs to do is run lsh-make-seed and type
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the necessary data. lsh-make-seed stores user's random seed files in
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the necessary data. lsh-make-seed stores user's random seed files in
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~/.lsh/yarrow-seed-file.
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~/.lsh/yarrow-seed-file.
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By default, the host key is captured to ~/.lsh/captured_keys - you need to put
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By default, the host key is captured to ~/.lsh/captured_keys - you need to put
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the appropriate key in ~/.lsh/known_hosts. This is best achieved by:
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the appropriate key in ~/.lsh/known_hosts. This is best achieved by:
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lsh --sloppy-host-authentication --capture-to=~/.lsh/known_hosts <host>
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lsh --sloppy-host-authentication --capture-to=~/.lsh/known_hosts <host>
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Some notes about the sftp-server
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Some notes about the sftp-server
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The used sftp-server has been renamed to sftp-server.lsh, due to a manpage
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The used sftp-server has been placed in /usr/lib/lsh-server, analoguously
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with openssh-server. Our manpage is in the special section 8lsh, to avoid
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called sftp-server.8.gz already existing in the ssh package.
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conflict with the corresponding manpage in said package.
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Credits
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Credits
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This package is based on work by Robert Bihlmeyer <robbe@orcus.priv.at> and
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This package is based on work by Robert Bihlmeyer <robbe@orcus.priv.at> and
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Timshel Knoll <timshel@debian.org>.
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Timshel Knoll <timshel@debian.org>.
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 -- Stefan Pfetzing <dreamind@dreamind.de>  Thu, 19 Jan 2006 01:55:21 +0100
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 -- Magnus Holmgren <magnus@kibibyte.se>, Wed,  3 Oct 2007 20:56:36 +0200