Re: SFTP and Unix 64 Bit compilation

From: Darren Tucker (dtucker_at_dodgy.net.au)
Date: 04/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 02:34:31 +0000 (UTC)

In article <c6b67i$hd1$1@news.sns-felb.debis.de>,
Marc <marc.thomas@debis.com> wrote:
>i want to compile (GNU 3.2.2 or SUN Forte 7 with 64 Bit settings) and run
>sftp under UNIX 64 Bit systems, but it does not work. Sftp can login und
>store the fingerprint but the ls commando produces a core. I debuged and
>found, that somehow the stack of some functions will be corrupted because of
>an malloc call. I dont know why. I think the code is somehow not 64 Bit
>safe. The same code compiled with GNU 3.2.2 or SUN Forte 7 with 32 Bit
>settings will run fine.
>Did anyone have experience or tried to run sftp with 64 Bit compilation?
>It will be fine, if someone could give me a hint.

Which SSH software? If it's OpenSSH, try the patch here:
http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=842

Whatever the software, is there a reason you are compiling it 64-bit? 

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