Problem with SSH console

 

 

Greetings.

 

I have just been installing Conserver 8.1.12 on a Linux host in order to use a mix of fitted serial ports and outbound connections to certain hosts.    Most of this is working as expected, but I am having difficulty using SSH.   Basically, conserver seems to be cycling with repeated retries of the SSH client.

 

I have tested the SSH client standalone and it works fine.   e.g.

 

# ssh -v
OpenSSH_3.6.1p2, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090702f
Usage: ssh [options] host [command]
Options:
  -l user     Log in using this user name.
<snip>

 

 

# ssh -landyh 10.0.0.5
Password:
Last login: Tue Dec 27 00:24:30 2005 from 10.0.0.3

<snip>

 

 

If I run ps -ax I can see the execution attempts of the SSH client, but these fail and a new one is spawned. 

 

From the log

 

 

[Tue Dec 27 01:18:01 2005] conserver (19791): [myhost] exit(255)
[Tue Dec 27 01:18:01 2005] conserver (19791): [myhost] automatic reinitialization
[Tue Dec 27 01:18:02 2005] conserver (19791): [myhost] exit(255)
[Tue Dec 27 01:18:02 2005] conserver (19791): [myhost] automatic reinitialization

 

Here is an extract from the conserver.cf file

 

 

console myhost {                                                          
        type exec;                                                          
        exec /usr/bin/ssh  -lsshuser 10.0.0.5;                   
}                                                                   
                                                                    
console catsw {                                                     
        type exec;                                                
        exec telnet 10.0.0.8;                                      
       }

 

 

I imagine that this is not directly a conserver problem (or is it?).   Presumably the 255 is a return code from the SSH client?

 

I have tried the ssh command with and without the full pathname on the front and with and without -t as an option.

 

 

Any ideas?

 

 

thanks

 

 

 

/andy