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Re: Cannot SSH in to server


On Thu, 1 May 2003, Pat Lightbody wrote:

> I have a very strange problem: whenever I have an xterm window launced from
> whithin XFree86 (note: this is different than run xterm from startx.bat), I
> cannot SSH in to any server unless I can use my RSA/DSA keys (ie, if it asks
> me for a normal password, my ssh client locks up). I'm sure it has something
> to do with my env variables, so I've attached the output of 'set' for the
> xterm that does work and the ones that don't. Also, attached is the debug
> level logs of the ssh client when it locks up. Anyone have any ideas?
>
> -Pat

Pat,

Did you do a diff on the two set outputs?  Here are some relevant
sections (not in the original order, with some annotations):

6c5
< BASH=/usr/bin/bash
---
> BASH=/bin/bash
36a36,37
> MAKE_MODE=unix
> MANPATH=:/usr/ssl/man
44c45
< PATH='.:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/SecureCRT/:/cygdrive/c/jdk1.4.1/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/cygdrive/c/jdk1.4.1/maven/bin:/cygdrive/c/jdk1.4.1/ant/bin:/cygdrive/c/jdk1.4.1/maven/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/SecureCRT/'
---
> PATH='/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:.:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/SecureCRT/:/cygdrive/c/jdk1.4.1/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/cygdrive/c/jdk1.4.1/maven/bin:/cygdrive/c/jdk1.4.1/ant/bin:/cygdrive/c/jdk1.4.1/maven/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/SecureCRT/'
66a70
> TZ=PST8PDT7,M4.1.0/2,M10.5.0/2
67a72
> USER=plightbo

The above all seem to indicate that the working bash wasn't run with the
--login option (i.e., /etc/profile wasn't executed), whereas the hanging
bash was (it could also be that the non-working xterm had a "-ls" option).

However, I suspect the above is largely irrelevant, and your problem lies
here:

61a63,64
> SSH_AGENT_PID=612
> SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-DBwS1292/agent.1292

You have ssh-agent running in the non-working bash.  I'm guessing it has
something to do with your problem.  "man ssh-agent" for details.
	Igor
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