strange behaviour with ssh / stdin

[Laurent Bartholdi]

hi,
i noted the following strange behaviour using ssh and linux. this is
probably a low-priority bug:

# ssh -V
OpenSSH_3.6.1p2, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090701f
# uname -a
Linux funnyfarm 2.4.21-20.1.2024.2.1.nptl #1 Fri Jul 11 06:04:52 EDT 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

# echo Hello | ssh frodo 'cat'
Hello
# echo Hello | ssh frodo 'cat /proc/self/fd/0'
cat: /proc/self/fd/0: No such device or address
# ssh frodo 'ls -l /proc/self/fd/0'
lrwx------    1 root     root           64 Oct 13 18:51 /proc/self/fd/0 -> socket:[27105]

this is a bit surprising: some applications require a file as input, and
usually specifying /proc/self/fd/0 allows the standard input to be treated
as a file; e.g. some arguments it tar(1) that require a file list. the
command above, with 'cat /proc/self/fd/0' as argument, could then be
entered as
# echo Hello | ssh frodo 'cat | cat /proc/self/fd/0'
Hello

best, laurent
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