openssh-2.3.0p1-1 with RedHat 6.2 - Bad packet length

Rob Hagopian rob at hagopian.net
Tue Nov 14 04:29:06 EST 2000


FYI, I get 'select: Bad file descriptor' even when scp is in the path,
right before the copy starts...
								-Rob

On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Peter Stuge wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 11:06:30AM -0700, James wrote:
> > I haven't been able to get scp to work with RedHat 6.2 (select: Bad file
> > descriptor), so...  I tried upgrading with openssh-2.3.0p1-1.src.rpm and
> > openssl-0.9.5a-3.src.rpm  No joy.  When running just ssh, I get
> > "Disconnecting: Bad packet length 795178083."
> > 
> > This seems to be a problem with sshd, since the 2.3 ssh client will work
> > fine with a 2.1 server (but not scp, which still gives "select: Bad file
> > descriptor".
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> 
> I've gotten the "select: Bad file descriptor" from not having the binary scp
> in the PATH that sshd sets on the server side when my scp running ssh
> connects.  This error message should probably be made more informative.
> 
> About the "Bad packet length" I've only gotten that when trying to play with
> F-Secure SSH.  I solved this problem by surrounding myself with mostly
> OpenSSH.
> 
> //Peter
> 
> 






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