on Solaris, "couldn't wait for child '...' completion: No child processes"

[John Horne]

Emanuel Borsboom <emanuel at heatdeath.org> wrote:
> Trying to install the portable OpenSSH on Solaris 2.6.  Compiling from
> openssh-2.1.0.tar.gz using gcc.  Compiles and installs fine.  sshd
> starts fine.  First connection from another system works.  Child sshd is
> forked, but the parent dies and logs:
>
> May 16 11:40:56 qtrade-dev sshd[6510]: error: Couldn't wait for child
> '/usr=/bin/ls -alni' completion: No child processes
> May 16 11:40:56 qtrade-dev last message repeated 3 times
> May 16 11:40:56 qtrade-dev sshd[6510]: error: -1 Command '/usr/bin/ls
> -alni=': select() failed: Interrupted system call
> May 16 11:40:56 qtrade-dev sshd[6510]: error: Couldn't wait for child
> '/usr=/bin/ls -alni' completion: No child processes
>
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I too get this on a Sun Ultra 10, Solaris 8 using SSL 0.9.5a; SSH 2.1.0 and
gcc version 2.95.2. I'll take a look, but don't expect anything since I'm
not really a C programmer! (sorry)

Regards,

John.

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