Subject: Re: ssh to OSX box
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terrasoftsolutions.com)
Date: Mon Jun 18 2001 - 11:01:03 MDT
On Monday 18 June 2001 10:01, you wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Jun 2001, Neil Jolly wrote:
> >While this is not directly related to ydl I'm hoping someone may know
> >the answer here. When I ssh from my ydl box to my OS X box I recieve the
> >error: Received disconnect from 192.168.0.2: 2: Bad packet length
> >-1187358117
>
> More on this...
>
> On my servers, I'm running OpenSSH-2.5.1p1 and YDL installs a more
> current version (OpennSSH-2.5.2p1). So, for me, it is easier to re-compile
> the earlier version and install that on my machine rather than update all
> of my servers. Does anyone know of any exploits/reasons why I should
> upgrade to 2.5.2?
The latest version fixes the bad package length problem..
expect official errata soon
(the temp fix is to use the -1 flag to force Protocol 1 mode)
> As a side note, I installed YDL on my G3 laptop for the first time. I did
> the 'Office/Home' install, and brought my laptop home. Once I got home, I
> tried to connect to my server, and had forgotten that I hadn't
> 'downgraded' OpenSSH on the laptop... so, I ftp'd to my machine and
> grabbed the source for 2.5.1, untarred it, cd to opennssh-2.5.1p1/ did
> ./configure --with-pam...etc.. oops! No compiler installed!! This
> surprised me, I know that Terra Soft is trying to get into the home/user
> market, but honestly, why would anyone want to install Linux without a c
> compiler? It makes installing any software that isn't in binary rpm format
> impossible... even OS X installs gcc (but renamed to cc). Was this done
> for disk space reasons? Just curious.
Home/Office + Compiler stuff = Developer Workstation
--Regards, Dan Burcaw Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
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