Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262901AbUJ0VUI (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:20:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262745AbUJ0VUA (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:20:00 -0400 Received: from fms.tor.istop.com ([66.11.182.43]:5509 "EHLO maximus.fullmotions.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262759AbUJ0VNX (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:13:23 -0400 Subject: Re: SSH and 2.6.9 From: Danny Brow To: Kernel-List In-Reply-To: References: <1098906712.2972.7.camel@hanzo.fullmotions.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:25:01 -0400 Message-Id: <1098912301.4535.1.camel@hanzo.fullmotions.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2042 Lines: 50 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). > > -- > Jesper Juhl - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/