Bug#231485: Dies with hash mismatch error before login

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

severity 231485 important
tags 231485 - sid
thanks

On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 09:38:43PM +0000, Steven Fuerst wrote:
> Package: ssh
> Version: 1:3.6.1p2-11
> Severity: grave
> Tags: sid
> 
> ssh cannot be used to log into other machines or forward ports.

This is definitely not true across the board (I use it all the time, for
example), so I'm downgrading this bug.

> I have tried to connect to several machines running Tru64 Unix and
> linux, all failing with the following error message before the login
> prompt is reached:
> 
> hash mismatch
> key_verify failed for server_host_key

This is going to be difficult to debug. Is there any way you can set up
an environment that I can attempt to connect to and check? The host key
check happens before authentication, so I wouldn't need an account.

Also, what architecture are you using?

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Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]