ssh problem - Bad prime description

From: ally kirk (ally.kirk@st-andrews.ac.uk)
Date: 01/21/03

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From: ally kirk <ally.kirk@st-andrews.ac.uk>

    I'm having problems connecting to a Solaris 8 system running
    OpenSSH_3.0.2p1. When I try to connect from another client I get,
    "connection refused" and the following is displayed on the console of the
    Solaris 8 host.

    Jan 20 15:02:33 neath sshd[601]: error: Bad prime description in line 17
    Jan 20 15:02:33 neath sshd[601]: error: Bad prime description in line 18
    Jan 20 15:02:33 neath sshd[601]: error: Bad prime description in line 19
    Jan 20 15:02:33 neath sshd[601]: error: Bad prime description in line 20
    Jan 20 15:02:33 neath sshd[601]: error: Bad prime description in line 21
    Jan 20 15:02:33 neath sshd[601]: error: Bad prime description in line 22
    Jan 20 15:02:33 neath sshd[601]: error: Bad prime description in line 23
    Jan 20 15:02:33 neath sshd[601]: error: Bad prime description in line 24
    Jan 20 15:02:33 neath sshd[601]: error: Bad prime description in line 25
    Jan 20 15:02:33 neath sshd[601]: error: Bad prime description in line 26
    Jan 20 15:02:33 neath sshd[601]: error: Bad prime description in line 27
    Jan 20 15:02:33 neath sshd[601]: error: Bad prime description in line 28
    Jan 20 15:02:33 neath sshd[601]: error: Bad prime description in line 29
    Jan 20 15:02:33 neath sshd[601]: error: Bad prime description in line 30
    Jan 20 15:02:33 neath sshd[601]: error: Bad prime description in line 31
    Jan 20 15:02:33 neath sshd[601]: error: Bad prime description in line 32
    Jan 20 15:02:33 neath sshd[601]: error: Bad prime description in line 33
    Jan 20 15:02:33 neath sshd[601]: error: Bad prime description in line 34
    Jan 20 15:02:33 neath sshd[601]: error: Bad prime description in line 35

    Any suggestions appreciated,

    Ally Kirk

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