Bug#231485: Dies with hash mismatch error before login

[Steven Fuerst <svf@mssl.ucl.ac.uk>]

On Monday 09 Feb 2004 2:46 pm, Colin Watson wrote:
> 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.

Upgrading to kernel 2.6.2 fixed the problem.  I'm not sure why (possibly 
libc??), but it is fixed now.  You can probably close this bug.

Steven