No hostkey alg error on RED Hat Linux 7

No hostkey alg  error on RED Hat Linux 7

After new RED Hat Linux 7 installation when admin tried to ssh from Jump server getting error like “No hostkey alg “

#ssh servername(RHELclinet)

Error :“ no hostkey alg”

Solution:

Step 1:

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Then remove comment from following highlighted entry

# HostKey for protocol version 1

HostKey /opt/dcx/openssh/etc/ssh_host_key

# HostKeys for protocol version 2

HostKey /opt/dcx/openssh/etc/ssh_host_rsa_key

HostKey /opt/dcx/openssh/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key

PidFile /var/run/sshd.pid

Step 2:

Generate RSA and DSA keys using following command.

# ssh-keygen -t rsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key ;ssh-keygen -t dsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key

Step 3: 

Then restart sshd using following command.

#service sshd restart

Step 4:

Try ssh from remote jump server it must work

#ssh servername(RHELclinet)

By using above mentioned steps we sorted out “No hostkey alg “ error.