data loss with ssh -n

Pekka Savola pekkas at netcore.fi
Fri Jul 20 21:39:46 EST 2001


On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Pekka Savola wrote:
> So, with SSH1 (tried all combinations of -, -t, -n, -t -n):
>
>  When run as user, problem _appears to_ exist only if:
>   1) -n
>
>  When run from cron, problem _appears to_ exist always except if:
>   1) -t
>
> (I wouldn't call the tests scientific, but should give the idea)
>
> So there's a hack of using '-t' as a workaround; it works with both.

It's good that I didn't say scientific, as I can't get "ssh -t in cron"
workaround to work anymore.. :-/

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Pekka Savola                 "Tell me of difficulties surmounted,
Netcore Oy                   not those you stumble over and fall"
Systems. Networks. Security.  -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords




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