Hi,
from /etc/init.d/sshd
KEYGEN=/usr/bin/ssh-keygen
SSHD=/usr/sbin/sshd
RSA1_KEY=/etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
RSA_KEY=/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
DSA_KEY=/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
PID_FILE=/var/run/sshd.pid
do_rsa1_keygen() {
if [ ! -s $RSA1_KEY ]; then
echo -n $"Generating SSH1 RSA host key: "
if $KEYGEN -q -t rsa1 -f $RSA1_KEY -C '' -N '' >&/dev/null; then
chmod 600 $RSA1_KEY
chmod 644 $RSA1_KEY.pub
if [ -x /sbin/restorecon ]; then
/sbin/restorecon $RSA1_KEY.pub
fi
success $"RSA1 key generation"
echo
else
failure $"RSA1 key generation"
echo
exit 1
fi
fi
}
We can enter the VPS and try to execute the following command inside VPS:
$KEYGEN -q -t rsa1 -f $RSA1_KEY -C '' -N ''
(with or without -q option) and it will might be possible to observe some more information about any errrors.