FC4 and ssh passphrases not working

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Fri Aug 18 17:01:30 UTC 2006


On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 09:42:32AM -0700, Mike McMullen wrote:
> I then did it on one of the servers that has the ssh2 directory and doesn't 
> accept
> publickeys and got the same thing:
> openssh-4.2p1-fc4.10
[...]
> When I do this on a server where the keys don't work I get:
> sshd: SSH Secure Shell SSH-1.99-OpenSSH_3.8p1 Debian 1:3.8p1-3 
> (non-commercial version) on i686-pc-linux-gnu
> Both report the same rpm but it appears sshd is different in each one.
> Again, I only use the out of the box repos for updates.
> Is it possible I got a bad rpm?
> If so, how can I correct this?

It is on the order of random-typewriter monkeys producing Hamlet that this
particular issue could happen from a bad RPM -- but it is *quite* likely
that it could happen if your system were hacked and someone clumbsily
installed a trojaned sshd.

What happens if you run "rpm -V openssh"?

And, uh, I'd also run chkrootkit.

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Matthew Miller           mattdm at mattdm.org          <http://mattdm.org/>
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