Re: problem with sshd

From: aditham@yahoo.com
Date: 12/16/02 

From: aditham@yahoo.com (aditham@yahoo.com)
Date: 16 Dec 2002 09:40:32 -0800

unruh@string.physics.ubc.ca (Bill Unruh) wrote in message news:<atg3qt$6ie$1@nntp.itservices.ubc.ca>...
> aditham@yahoo.com (aditham@yahoo.com) writes:
>
> ]I am trying to run sshd (3.51) on powerPC/Linux
> ]through inetd and it does not work. The client
> ]establishes the connection, I can see sshd
> ]started as "sshd -i". However after the client
> ]sends SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT, it disconnects with the
> ]following error:
> ] Disconnecting: Bad packet length 589505315
>
> ]Everything works fine when I start it as a
> ]daemon or in the foreground.
>
> ]I would appreciate any help.
>
> Uh, run it as a daemon? Why are you trying to run it through inetd?

Because, I do not want to consume CPU cycles. The system is accessed
very few times and there is no need to run keep a process running all the
time. Also, I have seen sshd work through inetd before.

Thanks,
R.K

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