From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 3 15:12:34 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B876737B400; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 15:12:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from host213-120-100-207.in-addr.btopenworld.com (host213-120-100-207.in-addr.btopenworld.com [213.120.100.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3794143E42; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 15:12:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dom@host213-120-100-207.in-addr.btopenworld.com) Received: by host213-120-100-207.in-addr.btopenworld.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 125911FE; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 23:12:37 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 23:12:37 +0100 From: Dominic Marks To: William Wallace Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Alpha problems Message-ID: <20020903221237.GA1762@gallium> References: <20020903182209.GB288@gallium> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 05:02:57PM -0500, William Wallace wrote: > > > Another point of interest: Apparently the version of OpenSSH installed > with > > > the base system has problems with privilege separation, whereas the > version > > > that can be installed from ports (openssh-portable) does not. They > report > > > the exact same version, yet the base system one reports some sort of > "read > > > error" when a client tries to connect, and terminates the connection > > > immediately, whereas the ports version, using > > > "sshd_program=/usr/local/sbin/sshd" in rc.config, works just fine with > an > > > identical config file. > > > > Is this specific to FreeBSD/alpha ? I haven't had the same experience > > with FreeBSD 4.6 on i386 machines. > > Yes, I haven't seen the problem at all on i386. I'm sure I can get more > detailed information from the server machine (as well as ssh -v) if you > think that would be helpful. Is there a particular log file that would be > useful? What does: ssh -v -v -v -v user@alpha Show? (you might be able to write -vvvv instead) > Funny, the above problem was one of the reasons I decided to go for a clean > re-install after trying to figure out what I was missing from my old setup. > Upgrading to a bigger and faster hard drive was worth it though. > > Thanks, > - William. > -- Dominic Marks Computer & Politics Geek [work]::[npl.co.uk] << dominic.marks at npl.co.uk >> [educ]::[umist.ac.uk] << notyet-known at umist.ac.uk >> [home]::[btinternet] << dominic_marks at btinternet.com >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message