Changes 2.5.2p2 -> 2.9p2

Lutz Jaenicke Lutz.Jaenicke at aet.TU-Cottbus.DE
Mon Jul 9 19:29:10 EST 2001


On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 07:35:15AM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> Damien Miller wrote:
> > On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> > > When I moved from 2.5.2p2 -> 2.9p2 (both compiled form source) the
> > > previously working process started failing. No config files were
> > > changed at the time.
> > >
> > > fetchmail: 5.3.3 querying imap.xxxxxx.xxx (protocol IMAP) at Sat, 07 Jul 2001 15:33:01 +1000 (EST)
> > > ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/local/libexec/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory
> > 
> > It looks like ssh is needing a passphrase to a public key here. You
> > should either add your public key to the agent or use a key with not
> > passphrase and a forced command on the imap server.
> 
> Simplified question: Was the behaviour supposed to change between 2.5.2p2 and 
> 2.9p2?

The default protocol changed from protocol 1 to protocol 2. As the
public keys are different for both protocols you may need to adjust
your key handling.

Best regards,
	Lutz
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