hi, openssh's make install does copy the provided prime file to /etc/primes. what distributions are broken? On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 01:19:47PM -0400, Mipam wrote:> I notice that a lot of openssh ports are installed without an /etc/primes. > Not the fault of openssh, merely of the ppl who make a rpm, or port > openssh nativly in the os. > And when another machine makes a connection to a sshd, the server tries to find > an /etc/primes. Also in my case there is none. > In the documentation there is hardly anything mentioned other then > "Contains Diffie-Helman groups used for the ...." > No note how to generate the primes file or whether it is a file that > comes with the openssh source which you must manually plant in /etc > for example. So i dont know what to do now, since i am not that much home > in this subject, should i try to obtain a primes file somewhere, > or should i generate a primes file, and if so, how? > Bye, > > Mipam.