Bug#175928: libc6: dns broken w/ socksify ssh
reassign 175928 dante-client
thanks
It's a bug in Dante. I diagnosed it for Bdale a couple of weeks ago,
so I don't exactly remember the details; I believe it's calling
__res_init at a time when it shouldn't and it used to work by luck.
On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 07:05:38PM -0700, dann frazier wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.3.1-9
> Severity: normal
>
> ## ssh via socks is unable to resolve my hostname
> dannf@hazel:~$ socksify ssh home.dannf.org
> ssh: home.dannf.org: Name or service not known
> ## but the system can
> dannf@hazel:~$ host home.dannf.org
> home.dannf.org A 12.252.80.98
> ## and telnet can, under socks
> dannf@hazel:~$ socksify telnet home.dannf.org 22
> Trying 12.252.80.98...
> Connected to 12-252-80-98.client.attbi.com.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> ## and i can socksify ssh if i specify the IP
> dannf@hazel:~$ socksify ssh 12.252.80.98
> Linux home 2.4.18sparc #1 Sun Sep 15 22:31:51 MDT 2002 sparc unknown
>
> Most of the programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are
> ...
> dannf@home:~$
>
> I'm using ssh 3.5p1-3. I tried reverting to 3.4p1, but still had the same
> issue. I'm using dante-client 1.1.13-1. This also exists on ia64, fwiw.
>
> So, as I see it, this could just as likely be a bug in either ssh,
> libc6 & libc6.1, or dante-client, so please reassign as necessary.
>
> I've verified that this problem exists on 4 different i386 boxes running sid.
> However, there is a fifth i386 box running the same versions of these packages
> that works just fine. woody machines pointing at the same dns/socks servers
> work fine.
>
> On one of the 4 that show this problem, adding an entry for the target host to
> /etc/hosts fixed the problem. (I couldn't check the other 3).
> Removing the entry broke it again. This, and the fact that I first noticed
> the problem after a recent libc6 upgrade, is why I chose to file the bug
> against libc6.
>
> ## my nsswitch.conf is pristine
> dannf@hazel:~$ grep ^hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf
> hosts: files dns
>
> I tried rebuilding both dante-client and ssh against the headers on the
> system, but didn't see a change.
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> Architecture: i386
> Kernel: Linux hazel 2.4.19-686-smp #1 SMP Tue Nov 19 00:58:50 EST 2002 i686
> Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
>
> Versions of packages libc6 depends on:
> ii libdb1-compat 2.1.3-7 The Berkeley database routines [gl
>
> -- no debconf information
>
>
>
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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