[X2Go-Dev] Bug#765: Bug#765: Bug#765: Bug#765: Kex Error in X2Go client

[Michael DePaulo]

On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 9:07 PM, Mihai Moldovan <ionic at ionic.de> wrote:
> On 04.03.2015 02:04 AM, Michael DePaulo wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 8:31 AM, Mihai Moldovan <ionic at ionic.de> wrote:
>>> Control: reassign -1 x2goclient
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>>
>>> On 24.01.2015 01:53 PM, promox wrote:
>>>> Package: X2GO Client
>>>>
>>>> Version: 4.0.3.1
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Before my server using ubuntu but now I am switching to centos. But
>>>> when I connect to server using x2go. I got error message: kex error:
>>>> no match for method server host key algo: server [ssh-rsa,ssh-dss],
>>>> client [ecdas-sha2-nistp256].
>>>>
>>>> Have anyway to fix that error?
>>> This issue came up on the IRC channel a few days back and it looks like
>>> your server is missing an RSA key.
>>>
>>> Can you please run "sudo ssh-keygen -A", then restart the ssh daemon and
>>> test again?
>>>
>>> N.B.: there's nothing x2goclient can do about this situation, unfortunately.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mihai
>> Mihai,
>>
>> He already has an RSA key. And a DSA key. The problem is that X2Go
>> Client for Windows is limiting him to an ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 key. It
>> won't even accept other key lengths.
>
> Sorry, I meant an ECDSA key.
>
>
> Taken from man ssh-keygen:
> ``     -A      For each of the key types (rsa1, rsa, dsa, *ecdsa* and
> ed25519) for which host keys do not exist, generate the host keys with
> the default key file path, an empty passphrase,
>              default bits for the key type, and default comment.  This
> is used by /etc/rc to generate new host keys.''
>
> The default ecdsa key generated on my machine is ecdsa-sha2-nistp256.
>
> That's why I explicitly suggested (sudo) ssh-keygen -A.
>
>
>
> Mihai
>

Sorry,  i skimmed the manpage too hastily. You are right, that is the
preferable command.

Thanks,

-Mike#2