OpenSSH_4.3p2 fails to create a pty session

Eric Millbrandt emillbrandt at coldhaus.com
Fri Aug 18 08:43:07 EST 2006


Darren Tucker wrote:
> Looks OK to me too.  The problem appears to be in the descriptor 
> passing but I'm not sure why.  What are HAVE_SENDMSG, 
> HAVE_ACCRIGHTS_IN_MSGHDR, HAVE_CONTROL_IN_MSGHDR set to in config.h?
#define HAVE_SENDMSG 1
/* #undef HAVE_ACCRIGHTS_IN_MSGHDR */
#define HAVE_CONTROL_IN_MSGHDR 1
> You may be able to work around the problem by disabling 
> UsePrivilegeSeparation in sshd_config.  Also, does disabling UsePAM 
> make any difference?
No difference when UsePAM is disabled.  And disabling 
UsePrivilegeSeparation does work around the problem.  This will work for 
now since no one has access the machine besides me.



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