Re: Generating SSL certificate for Apache HTTPD breaks SSH

On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, samljones wrote:

> I have apache web server and SSH installed on a server. I have generated a
> SSL certificate for the web server 
> http://slacksite.com/apache/certificate.html
> http://slacksite.com/apache/certificate.html . When I install the
> certificate, though, SSH stops accepting incoming connections. Any existing
> connections continue unmolested, but new connections are not accepted until
> I reboot the server; luckily, the certificate forces apache to require a
> manual start, so it's not running (and blocking SSH) after a reboot.

That webpage above teaches how "to remove the pass-phrase from the key".

Are you saying that you can ssh in fine until apache is started?

> sjones[~]$ slogin -v -l gladmin camdevnet02
> OpenSSH_4.3p2, OpenSSL 0.9.8b 04 May 2006
...

> gladmin@camdevnet02's password: 
> debug1: Authentication succeeded (password).
> debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]
> debug1: Entering interactive session.
> debug1: Sending environment.
> debug1: Sending env LANG = en_US.UTF-8
> ===========================================
> 
> After that last line, the cursor goes to the next line, and hangs. No
> connection, no rejection, no command line, just flashing cursor. Can't even
> ctrl-c out of it; have to close the terminal/tab.

How do you know there is no connection? Maybe there is a connection, but 
no interactive shell (or shell is hanging)?

On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, samljones wrote:

> Further information:
> 
> Restarting SSHD gives no change. Also, SCP transfers are not blocked or
> hindered in any way by this.

Maybe there is something wrong with your login shell or dot files used by 
your login shell.