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

[Robert Steinfeldt]

Rob Hagopian wrote:

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

I had this problem when I upgraded a series of RedHat 6.1 and 6.2 
machines from OpenSSH 2.2.0* to 2.3.0p1.[1] Even /with/ the correct 
OpenSSH scp in the path before any other scp might be called, I was 
having the general problems you're describing when I tried to copy TO a 
machine that had had ssh.com's ssh installed in the /usr/local tree.[2] 
What I did to make the problem stop was to completely remove the ssh.com 
installation in /usr/local on the side being copied to.

It appears that the problem emerged with the upgrade to OpenSSH 2.3.0, 
since I'd done scp transfers between the machines when they ran OpenSSH 
2.2.0, without a problem. This may not be the issue you're seeing, but 
it's worth a try.

Robert Steinfeldt -- robert.steinfeldt at steeleye.com

[1] - In both cases, I was using the provided Redhat RPMs available from 
openssh.com.
[2] - I used to have the noncommercial ssh.com version run from inetd, 
and when I originally upgraded to OpenSSH, simply commented out that 
line and let OpenSSH run sshd from /etc/rc.d/init.d. The old 
installation just sat where it was.

> 
> 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
>> 
>>