broken ssh-keysign for openssh 3.6.1p1 on Solaris 8

[Anthony R Iano-Fletcher]

> Interestingly when I run ssh-keysign it produces output like:
> 	\151\147n\157r\151n\147 b\141\144 \160r\157\164\157 \1
> and quits. When I run the working ssh-keysign from 3.4 it waits for
> input. This seems odd....

As a followup we have just compiled openssh-3.6.1p1 on our linux box and
the behaviour of ssh-keysign is different. If EnableSSHKeysign is not
set to 'yes' in the ssh_config file then it complains and quits. If it
set to 'yes' then it waits until I type something and then says:
	ssh_msg_recv: read: bad msg_len 1684300900
which seems reasonable.

So it seems like a Solaris problem. Any ideas for where to look?
Something is printing rubbish and killing ssh-keysign before it gets to
the EnableSSHKeysign test.

			Anthony.

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