Issues with OpenSSH 2.9p1 on HPUX11

[Kevin Steves]

On Wed, 9 May 2001, Jeff Newton wrote:
: In order for rhosts auth to work on HPUX11, I need to fully qualify the
: hostname in .rhosts.  The same DOES NOT hold true for Solaris 2.7.
: 
: Are there issues with the HPUX11 version of auth_rhosts2 code that would
: cause the difference below?  My HPUX11 machines are set up correctly
: with respect to DNS, domain names, etc.

your test cases have different client addresses, but the hp-ux case is
returning a fqdn and solaris isn't which explains the behaviour.

do the hp and sun return different reverse mappings for each of those or
the same?  is the nsswitch configuration the same?

: HPUX11 sshd -d -d:
: 
: debug1: Attempting authentication for newton.
: debug2: auth_rhosts2: clientuser newton hostname boston.pmc-sierra.bc.ca
: ipaddr 216.241.226.33
: debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 1412/67 (e=0)
: debug1: restore_uid
: debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 1412/67 (e=0)
: debug1: restore_uid
: Failed rhosts for newton from 216.241.226.33 port 823 ruser newton
: 
: Solaris 2.7 sshd -d -d:
: 
: debug1: Attempting authentication for newton.
: debug2: auth_rhosts2: clientuser newton hostname odin ipaddr
: 134.87.115.142
: debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 1412/67 (e=0)
: debug1: restore_uid
: debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 1412/67 (e=0)
: debug1: restore_uid
: Accepted rhosts for newton from 134.87.115.142 port 874 ruser newton