Trying to run sshd from a live rescue cd. Need to generate the host key files before sshd will run.
# sshd
Could not load host key: /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key
Disabling protocol version 1. Could not load host key
Quick Fix:
# ssh-keygen -b 1024 -t rsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key # ssh-keygen -b 1024 -t rsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key # ssh-keygen -b 1024 -t dsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key