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ssh "no hostkey alg" problem

scampsdMar 11 2013 — edited Mar 11 2013
Good morning,
I'm struggling with SSH configuration: I am using some tools that are launching the command "ssh <hostname> <command>", where the <hostname> is the hostname of the machine itself.
But when I launch "ssh <hostname>", I get the "no hostkey alg" error message.

For your information, I put here all information that might be needful (as far as I know), I am using a user "linus" whose home directory is "/osp/local/home/linus":
prjs065 linus> pwd
/osp/local/home
prjs065 linus> ls -ltra | grep linus
drwxr-x---   7 linus    in          1536 Mar 11 10:40 linus

prjs065 linus> pwd
/osp/local/home/linus
prjs065 linus> ls -ltra | grep ssh
drwx------   2 linus    in           512 Mar 11 11:10 .ssh

prjs065 linus> pwd
/osp/local/home/linus/.ssh
prjs065 linus> ls -ltra
total 26
-rw-r-----   1 linus    in          1453 Apr 12  2007 config
-rw-------   1 linus    in           883 Mar 11 10:37 id_rsa
-rw-r-----   1 linus    in           223 Mar 11 10:37 id_rsa.pub
drwxr-x---   7 linus    in          1536 Mar 11 10:40 ..
-rw-------   1 linus    in           668 Mar 11 11:02 id_dsa
-rw-r-----   1 linus    in           603 Mar 11 11:02 id_dsa.pub
-rw-------   1 linus    in           826 Mar 11 11:03 authorized_keys
-rw-rw----   1 linus    in           844 Mar 11 11:10 known_hosts
File contents:
prjs065 linus> cat id_rsa.pub
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEAyfa5xKEIkcbGSu9gzz4sq1ybHbnMiAICbt0g9aa1xk6fL9Wnd+Lyu4Fpk1X1KGbzHC+LHSf2dnkUvdK2I7keA0rVNc+swwUXImqqBUkxLSMpcW6Lvkt/3YJHWBhtHzKr+IbgUvbaHI0y0beWV8m/L/9+sAehqSn09jGlJGK8/LE= linus@prjs065
prjs065 linus> cat id_dsa.pub
ssh-dss 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 linus@prjs065
prjs065 linus> cat authorized_keys
ssh-dss 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 linus@prjs065
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEAyfa5xKEIkcbGSu9gzz4sq1ybHbnMiAICbt0g9aa1xk6fL9Wnd+Lyu4Fpk1X1KGbzHC+LHSf2dnkUvdK2I7keA0rVNc+swwUXImqqBUkxLSMpcW6Lvkt/3YJHWBhtHzKr+IbgUvbaHI0y0beWV8m/L/9+sAehqSn09jGlJGK8/LE= linus@prjs065
prjs065 linus> cat known_hosts
prjs065,138.203.139.65 ssh-dss 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
prjs065,138.203.139.65 ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEAyfa5xKEIkcbGSu9gzz4sq1ybHbnMiAICbt0g9aa1xk6fL9Wnd+Lyu4Fpk1X1KGbzHC+LHSf2dnkUvdK2I7keA0rVNc+swwUXImqqBUkxLSMpcW6Lvkt/3YJHWBhtHzKr+IbgUvbaHI0y0beWV8m/L/9+sAehqSn09jGlJGK8/LE=
As far as the file "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" is concerned:
...
PermitRootLogin yes
...
HostKey /.ssh/id_dsa
HostKey /.ssh/identity
...
# Only v2 (recommended)
Protocol 2

# Both v1 and v2 (not recommended)
Protocol 2,1
...
For your information, the files id_rsa.pub, id_dsa.pub and authorized_keys have been created using UNIX commands, the file "known_hosts" has been created using copy/paste from other files (might contain a typo error).

Do you have an idea what might be the problem here?
Thanks
Dominique
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