Bug#245854: ssh not connecting to server if not root

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 08:35:37PM +0100, Tom Simnett wrote:
> Package: ssh
> Version: 1:3.8p1-3
> Severity: important
> 
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> 
> on running `ssh <server.domain>', the following error occurs:
> 
> ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/bin/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory
> Permission denied, please try again.
> ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/bin/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory
> Permission denied, please try again.
> ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/bin/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory
> Permission denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactive).
> 
> on running `ssh localhost', this error occurs:
> ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/bin/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory
> Host key verification failed.
> 
> If i run either as root, it connects without fault.

Both #245849 and this are bugs in makedev. See #245718 et al.

Bug-squashers: please leave this bug assigned to ssh so that we get
fewer duplicate reports.

Cheers,

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]