sigpipe and ssh

[john <johnpf@atnet.net.au>]

Hi all,

I get this strange error when attempting to ssh to our name server. The
connection comes and goes so fast, but when I do eventually get in (took
5 tries this time, I show the last 3):

Mar 20 09:29:28 ns sshd[3879]: Accepted rsa for john from 203.45.165.254
port 40476
Mar 20 09:29:28 ns PAM_unix[3879]: (ssh) session opened for user john by
(uid=0)
Mar 20 09:29:28 ns sshd[3879]: Disconnecting: Command terminated on
signal 13.
Mar 20 09:29:28 ns PAM_unix[3879]: (ssh) session closed for user john
Mar 20 09:29:32 ns sshd[3882]: Accepted rsa for john from 203.45.165.254
port 40477
Mar 20 09:29:32 ns PAM_unix[3882]: (ssh) session opened for user john by
(uid=0)
Mar 20 09:29:32 ns sshd[3882]: Disconnecting: Command terminated on
signal 13.
Mar 20 09:29:32 ns PAM_unix[3882]: (ssh) session closed for user john
Mar 20 09:29:35 ns sshd[3885]: Accepted rsa for john from 203.45.165.254
port 40478
Mar 20 09:29:36 ns PAM_unix[3885]: (ssh) session opened for user john by
(uid=0)

from auth.log on the remote box.

Now man 7 signal says that a sigpipe is "Broken pipe: write to pipe with
no readers". I have no idea what this means in this context.

Any ideas or insight appreciated.

Both boxes are potato, the remote is running 2.4.2, this end 2.4.1.

Thanx,

John P Foster