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Re: 1.7.7: after upgrade lost ability to login via ssh


On 02/09/2011 05:35 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> On 2/9/2011 5:07 PM, Gerry Reno wrote:
>> On 02/09/2011 04:56 PM, Gerry Reno wrote:
>>> On 02/08/2011 11:07 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2/8/2011 9:14 PM, Gerry Reno wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Something else I just discovered after upgrading to 1.7.7 is that
>>>>> I now
>>>>> have lost the ability to login via ssh.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have OpenSSH installed and running sshd as a service.  Both
>>>>> password
>>>>> and keys accepted.  But now neither means will work.
>>>>>
>>>>>       # ssh -i keypair1.pem   Administrator@MACHINE_IP
>>>>>       Last login: Fri Feb  4 17:19:26 2011 from LOCAL_CLIENT_MACHINE
>>>>>       Connection to MACHINE_IP closed.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> So I increased verbosity but did not see anything obvious.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>       # ssh -v -i keypair1.pem   Administrator@MACHINE_IP
>>>>>       OpenSSH_5.2p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8k-fips 25 Mar 2009
>>>>>       debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
>>>>>       debug1: Applying options for *
>>>>>       debug1: Connecting to MACHINE_IP [MACHINE_IP] port 22.
>>>>>       debug1: Connection established.
>>>>>       debug1: permanently_set_uid: 0/0
>>>>>       debug1: identity file keypair1.pem type -1
>>>>>       debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version
>>>>> OpenSSH_5.8
>>>>>
>>>> Does reverting OpenSSH to 5.7 make a difference?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Downgraded to 5.7:
>>>
>>>      bash-4.1$ sshd --version
>>>      sshd: unknown option -- -
>>>      OpenSSH_5.7p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8r 8 Feb 2011
>>>
>>>
>>> > From client:
>>>
>>>      ssh -i keypair1.pem   Administrator@MACHINE_IP
>>>      Last login: Wed Feb  9 12:54:08 2011 from LOCAL_CLIENT_IP
>>>      Connection to MACHINE_IP closed.
>>>
>>>
>>> Nope.  Still have the same problem.  Connection is made but immediately
>>> closes.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I'm suspecting this is related to running Cygwin 1.7.
>>
>> In looking back though some notes I started having bash shell problems
>> after upgrading from 1.5 to 1.7.
>>
>> Now on 1.7 if I try to run bash as a login shell it just gets "Bad
>> address" or segfault errors and immediately exits the shell which also
>> probably affects 'ssh'.
>>
>> I don't remember having any bash problems when I was running Cygwin 1.5
>> on this machine.  My notes reflect screen copies showing bash able to
>> run as a login shell without any problem.
>
> Yep, that's the way we all run by default (see cygwin.bat).  I agree
> that if you're having problems getting bash to behave, it's best to focus
> on that issue first.  Your ssh problems may just be another symptom of
> the same thing.  How about sending cygcheck output
> (<http://cygwin.com/problems.html>)?  There may be something helpful in
> that which someone on the list might pick up on.
>

Ok, ran a new cygcheck and attached it.


Regards,
Gerry


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