FiSH Connection fails : mc freezing

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> I cannot connect with mc to any host using the fish virtual file system over 
> ssh, as mc freezes when requesting the users password:" appears, the remote 
> host logs a ssh connection attempt, but I cans key.
> 
> When killing mc, the following lines appear in /var/log/auth.log (this was a 
> connection attempt to localhost) :
> 
> Sep 29 13:25:05 test sshd[5202]: Connection closed by 127.0.0.1
> Sep 29 13:25:05 test PAM_unix[5202]: (ssh) session closed for user hpstr
> Sep 29 13:25:05 test sshd[5202]: PAM pam_putenv: delete non-existent entry; 
> MAIL
> 
> The system that i mainly tried on is running Debian potato, Kernel 2.2.19 
> with the Openwall patch, Debian packages ssh 2.3.0p1-0.11, mc 4.5.42-11 and 
> bash 2.03-6.
> 
> As the Openwall patch restricts file operations in /tmp, I tested on another 
> plain vanilla potato system with the original Debian Kernel 2.2.17, same 
> result. A newer mc version from debian testing/unstable (dont give me any clue.
> 
> Do I have to use any compile time options (found nothing documented), or what 
> could be the problem ?
> Not only solutions, but any tips to hunt down the problem are welcome, too.
> 
> Could someone running mc and ssh maybe check if it works his system ?
> (Simply type "cd /#sh:username at localhost" in the mc shell).
> 
> Thanks for any hints in advance,
> 
> Greetings from Germany
> 
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> 
> Hans Peter Stroebel <hpstr at operamail.com>
> 
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