2.9p1 ssh-add/ssh-askpass first try fails

[John Dunlap]

Nuts,  don't pay too much attention to what I say works.  I cannot
duplicate it.  I could have sworn that some combination accepted
the first try but I cannot find it now.  Sorry, -- John

> 
> Here's what works: 
> 
> make and install the main part of the 2.9p1 without the patch
> from clean distro:
> 
> tar xfz openssh-2.9p1.tar.gz
> cd openssh-2.9p1
> ./configure --with-pam --enable-gnome-askpass --with-tcp-wrappers
> make
> make install
> 
> Then, patch readpass.c:
> 	-	len = read(p[0], buf, sizeof buf);
> 	+	len = atomicio(read, p[0], buf, sizeof buf);
> 
> make clean
> make
> (don't install now)
> cd contrib
> cc `gnome-config --cflags gnome gnomeui` \
>     gnome-ssh-askpass.c -o gnome-ssh-askpass \
>    `gnome-config --libs gnome gnomeui`
> cp gnome-ssh-askpass /usr/local/libexec/ssh-askpass
> 
> Now it works.
> 
> -- John
> 


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John Dunlap                           University of Washington
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