Permissions problem of some sort???

[David Sims]

Hi,

  Can anyone give me a clue? I have two identical Slackware 7.1 systems
and have installed openssh-3.2.3p1 on both systems.... Once system is
fine... everything is working without problem.... the other system
everything works only when you are logged in as root... Here's what you
get when logged in as a normal user:

dpsims at linux:~$ ssh -vvv localhost
OpenSSH_3.2.3p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090602f
debug1: Reading configuration data /usr/local/etc/ssh_config
debug1: Rhosts Authentication disabled, originating port will not be
trusted.
debug1: restore_uid
debug1: ssh_connect: getuid 500 geteuid 0 anon 1
debug1: Connecting to localhost [127.0.0.1] port 22.
debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 500/100 (e=0)
debug1: restore_uid
debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 500/100 (e=0)
debug1: restore_uid
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA
debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA
debug1: identity file /home/dpsims/.ssh/identity type -1
debug1: identity file /home/dpsims/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file /home/dpsims/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: Remote protocol version 1.99, remote software version
OpenSSH_3.2.3p1
debug1: match: OpenSSH_3.2.3p1 pat OpenSSH*
Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.2.3p1
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-gro
up1-sha1
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour,
aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,rijndael-cbc at lysator.liu.se
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour,
aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,rijndael-cbc at lysator.liu.se
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-ripemd160,hmac-ripemd160 at open
ssh.com,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-ripemd160,hmac-ripemd160 at open
ssh.com,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: first_kex_follows 0
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: reserved 0
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-gro
up1-sha1
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour,
aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,rijndael-cbc at lysator.liu.se
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour,
aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,rijndael-cbc at lysator.liu.se
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-ripemd160,hmac-ripemd160 at open
ssh.com,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-ripemd160,hmac-ripemd160 at open
ssh.com,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,zlib
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,zlib
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: first_kex_follows 0
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: reserved 0
debug2: mac_init: found hmac-md5
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug2: mac_init: found hmac-md5
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: dh_gen_key: priv key bits set: 138/256
debug1: bits set: 1559/3191
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug3: check_host_in_hostfile: filename /home/dpsims/.ssh/known_hosts
debug3: check_host_in_hostfile: filename /usr/local/etc/ssh_known_hosts
Host key verification failed.
debug1: Calling cleanup 0x8061854(0x0)

Here's an ls -al of the .ssh directory in the user directory:

dpsims at linux:~/.ssh$ ls -al
total 8
drwx------   2 dpsims   users        4096 Jun 24 16:07 ./
drwx--x--x   5 dpsims   users        4096 Jun 24 16:12 ../
dpsims at linux:~/.ssh$

I see that there is no known_hosts file in this subdirectory, but why
doesn't ssh create one??

I'm stumped. Any clues would be very welcome.

Regards,

Dave Sims
dpsims at virtualdave.com