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