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List:       secure-shell
Subject:    Re: Can you copy SSHD daemon binary to different hosts?
From:       James Thompson <jamest () math ! ksu ! edu>
Date:       1999-05-28 2:02:41
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On Thu, 27 May 1999, Brendan Choi wrote:

> 
> If I copy the sshd daemon binary to another host, will a new host key for
> the new machine work? It seems it doesn't.
> 
> It seems I have to compile SSHD for each machine (which I don't really
> mind).
> 
> Using the binary with the old machine host key works, but that's not good.
> Every host should use its own host key.
> 

Look in the README/INSTALL files (or whatever their called, I don't have
the source in front of me).  There is a make hostinstall option that
generates the key without requiring a complete re-compile.

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