disable generation of SSH keys?

[Rick Stevens]

On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 15:32 -0700, Cameron Mura wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a really simple question, but am having a hard time finding an 
> answer via Google -- How does one disable the SSH keypair generation 
> that automatically occurs upon first booting-up a new machine ?  I just 
> installed FC5 and am trying to do this to avoid over-writing my former 
> keys (which I restore to the machine in the post-installation section of 
> a kickstart file).  Any tips or pointers to online info would be greatly 
> appreciated.

You need to make sure you do not let sshd start at boot initially.
The creation of new keyfiles is caused by the startup of sshd (see
/etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd for details).

Once you prevent sshd from starting, copy your existing key files
to /etc/ssh, THEN you can let sshd start.

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