WinSCP error while connecting to root

[Damien Miller]

On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Stephan Hendl wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I tried to use WinSCP (http://winscp.vse.cz/eng/) for a ftp like
> scp-GUI for Windows in order to connect to a HP-UX machine running
> 11.0 and openssh-2.5.1p2. The problem is that I can connect to any
> user I want _except_ root! When I connect to root, then the command
> "echo $status" (this is the way how WinSCP detects the user shell)
> results in a "logout root". The writer of the code asked me for a
> proposal but unfortunately I cannot help him. Do you have any ideas?

> 30.03.2001 10:57:20 _ssh_read_line():
> 30.03.2001 10:57:20 (c)Copyright 1983-1997 Hewlett-Packard Co.,  All Rights Reserved.
> 30.03.2001 10:57:20 _ssh_read_line():
> 30.03.2001 10:57:20 (c)Copyright 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985-1993 The Regents of
You shell initialisation seems to be producing a lot of noise.

http://www.openssh.com/faq.html#2.8

-d

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