Re: SSH and 2.6.9

[Danny Brow <fms@istop.com>]

On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 17:25 -0400, Danny Brow wrote:
> I'm recompiling right now. 
> 
> On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 22:54 +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Danny Brow wrote:
> > 
> > > I have this odd issue with the 2.6.9 & greater kernels, that I can't ssh
> > > or use scp any more, this is what happens when I try:
> > > 
> > > SSH Error with-in X:
> > > ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/libexec/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory
> > > Host key verification failed.
> > > 
> > > SCP Error with-in X:
> > > ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/libexec/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory
> > > Host key verification failed.
> > > lost connection
> > > 
> > > I just get Host key verification failed in the terminal with either
> > > command.
> > > 
> > > ssh-askpass does not exsisit but it never has & ssh/scp works fine with
> > > 2.6.8.1 and below. When upgrading to the new kernel I just copied my
> > > old .config and did a make oldconfig, make, etc.
> > > 
> > > Any ideas?
> > > 
> > 
> > As it happens, I had a chat with a few people on IRC a few days ago who 
> > had very similar trouble and I had no such trouble. After talking about 
> > our kernel configs a bit we came to the conclusion that the main 
> > difference between our .config's (except for some hardware specific 
> > drivers and a few other bits that seemed unrelated) was that they had 
> > CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS=y while I had it unset. One guy recompiled his kernel 
> > on the spot and disabled CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS and then reported that his 
> > trouble went away. He may have made other changes as well, I don't know, 
> > and it may have been some of the seemingly unrelated bits that did the 
> > trick, again I don't know.
> > 
> > I have not attempted to verify this myself, but I'd say it's worth a try 
> > for you to disable CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS (if you have it enabled) and then 
> > test that (and report your findings back).
> > 



This was the problem.

Thanks,
Dan.




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> > Jesper Juhl
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