On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Ceri wrote: Well, HUPing sshd has the result for me that sshd crashes also some times. I feel better that someone has the same problem (I regret this, but last time guys meant I saw white mice ...).
Hope this problem gets fixed soon. Does anything has changed in the /dev/random device? It seems that the RSA key could not be created the right way ... :>On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 02:41:23PM +0200, Hartmann, O. said: :>> Dear Sirs. :>> Again, I have still massive problems with the recent ssh in FreeBSD :>> 4.4-STABLE as cvsupdated two days ago. I reported this problem when :>> we were on the way toward FBSD 4.4-RELEASE (4.4-RC). :>> :>> On SMP machines, sshd crashes when regenerating the host key after :>> 3600 or 1800 seconds. The log error is: :>> :>> Oct 1 22:15:22 <auth.info> klima sshd[291]: Server listening on xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx :port 22. :>> Oct 1 22:15:22 <auth.crit> klima sshd[291]: fatal: rsa_generate_private_key: key :generation :>> failed. :> :>I also get this, also only on my SMP system :>My workaround is to set up a cron entry to HUP sshd every 30 minutes. :> :>Ceri :> :>-- :> # There is this special biologist word we use for 'stable'. :> # It is 'dead'. -- Jack Cohen :> -- MfG O. Hartmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------- IT-Administration des Institutes fuer Physik der Atmosphaere (IPA) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz Becherweg 21 55099 Mainz Tel: +496131/3924662 (Maschinenraum) Tel: +496131/3924144 FAX: +496131/3923532 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message