Connection drops after entering password.

[Anthony Agnello]

Has anyone seen the error that I'm getting below?  After you ssh to the box
and enter the password the connection just closes.

SSH Version
{ root at xxxxxxxx} # ssh -V
OpenSSH_3.7p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0.9.7b 10 Apr 2003

OS Version
{ root at xxxxxxxx } # oslevel -r
AIX 4330-09

SSH Connect Failure
{ root at xxxxxxxxx } # ssh -l xxxxxxxxx -v localhost
OpenSSH_3.7p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0.9.7b 10 Apr 2003
debug1: Reading configuration data /usr/local/etc/ssh_config
debug1: Connecting to localhost [127.0.0.1] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /.ssh/identity type -1
debug1: identity file /.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file /.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_3.7p1
debug1: match: OpenSSH_3.7p1 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.7p1
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
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: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Host 'localhost' is known and matches the DSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /.ssh/known_hosts:2
debug1: ssh_dss_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue:
publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: /.ssh/identity
debug1: Trying private key: /.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Trying private key: /.ssh/id_dsa
debug1: Next authentication method: keyboard-interactive
debug1: Authentications that can continue:
publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug1: Next authentication method: password
aagnello at localhost's password:
debug1: Authentication succeeded (password).
debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]
debug1: Entering interactive session.
debug1: channel 0: free: client-session, nchannels 1
Connection to localhost closed by remote host.
Connection to localhost closed.
debug1: Transferred: stdin 0, stdout 0, stderr 81 bytes in 0.0 seconds
debug1: Bytes per second: stdin 0.0, stdout 0.0, stderr 3480.0
debug1: Exit status -1


/var/adm/messages
Oct  2 13:05:29 xxxxxxxxx sshd[18860]: Accepted password for xxxxxxxxx
xxx.xxx.xxx port 1775 ssh2
Oct  2 13:05:29 xxxxxxxxx sshd[21276]: fatal: Failed to set process
credentials


Thanks,

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Tony Agnello
UNIX Technical Services
IBM Global Services - SDC Northeast
1701 North St, Endicott, NY 13760
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