scp/sftp weirdness

[Chris Rapier]

I think you need to set the ssh-keysign binary to setuid root. Thats 
what I found with google anyway. 
http://itg.chem.indiana.edu/inc/wiki/software/openssh/189.html
look under the debugging subheading.

Oh, and obviously make sure the keys are in the right place.

Good luck


Erich Weiler wrote:
>> Right, the paths might be setup however you like but if I remember 
>> correctly the binary has the preferred path to the binary built into it.
>>
>> If you do a 'strings scp | grep \/' you'll end up seeing the the default 
>> path to the binary.
> 
> Actually I have one more quick question.  ;)  While ssh now works with 
> passwords, I have a problem with using public keys.  When I try to log 
> into another box using public keys I get this:
> 
> ghost% ssh hammer
> could not open any host key
> ssh_msg_send: write
> ssh_keysign: couldn't send request
> ghost%
> 
> If I set the setuid bit on the 'ssh' binary it works.  But I don't want 
> to set the setuid bit on the 'ssh' binary for security reasons as it is 
> owned by root.  This seemed to work fine with an older version of 
> OpenSSH...  Any idea as to what I may be doing wrong?
> 
> ciao, erich
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