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Re: Package: ssh 1:1.2.3-9.3 (stable)



Simon Boulet <simon@divahost.net> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I had some problems today with sshd. Here is what was reported in my log 
> files:
> 
> Aug 23 00:23:24 host01 kernel: VM: killing process sshd
> Aug 23 00:23:24 host01 kernel: swap_free: swap-space map bad (entry 
> 0000f000)
> Aug 23 00:24:23 host01 kernel: VM: killing process sshd
> Aug 23 00:24:23 host01 kernel: swap_free: swap-space map bad (entry 
> 0000f000)
> Aug 23 00:27:51 host01 kernel: VM: killing process sshd
> Aug 23 00:27:51 host01 kernel: swap_free: swap-space map bad (entry 
> 0000f000)
> Aug 23 00:28:11 host01 kernel: VM: killing process sshd
> Aug 23 00:28:11 host01 kernel: swap_free: swap-space map bad (entry 
> 0000f000)

Looks more like a problem with swap space than with ssh to me.  Just
happened to hit sshd.

> I was just wondering if ssh 1.2.3 was not quite "old" enough to release the 
> ssh 1:2.5.2p2-3 (testing) package? Anyone can help or has any ideas of what 
> went wrong tonight? Should I upgrade to sshd 2.5.2? Hopefully I have telnet 
> still open and I was able to "/etc/init.d/ssh restart" and now it seems to 
> work as normal.

Having telnet around kind of defeats the purpose of ssh, not?  You su
to root on your telnet connection and your root password flies over
the wire for all the snoop.  Eek!

-- 
Olaf Meeuwissen       Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development



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