ssh-keygen run time

fatman · 01-10-2004, 04:28 PM

How long should it take to run ssh-keygen?

Its been going for 20 min or so, and there is a ">" prompt.

I am running it in debian on a AMD K-2 450 w/ 64 Mb of RAM

stickman · 01-10-2004, 05:04 PM

What command did you issue? Does it end with a backslash? It appears to be waiting for input or more arguments. In any case, it shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes even on a slow system.

fatman · 01-10-2004, 05:18 PM

ssh-keygen -b 1024 -f /etc/ssh_host_key -N "

i just killed it after an hour of running

fatman · 01-10-2004, 05:26 PM

thanks for the input.

i was taking advice from a site I googled with incomplete info.

redid it and it took 5 sec

stickman · 01-10-2004, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by fatman
ssh-keygen -b 1024 -f /etc/ssh_host_key -N "

i just killed it after an hour of running

Did you close the quotes?

fatman · 01-11-2004, 12:34 PM

no, I didn't at first, and once I did it finished in 5 sec.

That will teach me to blindly copy commands i google.