[Bug 1005440] Re: "Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key" when connecting

[latimerio]

I setup a vServer with ubuntu 12.04.02 LTS last week using the image
that my provider has supplied and I get the same error reported from
logwatch.

"error: Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key"

Looking at the /etc/ssh I only see:  
ssh_config  
sshd_config  
ssh_host_dsa_key  
ssh_host_dsa_key.pub  
ssh_host_key  
ssh_host_key.pub  
ssh_host_rsa_key  
ssh_host_rsa_key.pub

Strange enough I did not notice any problems not having the ecdsa key except the message from logwatch.
So what is it needed for anyway?

Nevertheless I created the ecdsa key using  
 ssh-keygen -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key -N '' -t ecdsa  
to get rid of the message.

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Title:
  "Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key" when connecting

Status in “openssh” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  when connecting to my Ubuntu 12.04 server via ssh I get a log entry
  Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
  for every (attempted) connection. SSH should be configured in a way that does not generate such a warning...

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: openssh-server 1:5.9p1-5ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon May 28 11:00:08 2012
  InstallationMedia:
   
  SourcePackage: openssh
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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