Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 Dec 1998 09:17:41 +0100 (CET) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: IPv4: ssh failure, local port 1023 |
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On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Ben Collins wrote: > On Tue, Dec 01, 1998 at 07:20:03PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > > Sometimes I have problems using ssh to log in. The ssh connection just doesn't > > seem to succeed. Using the `-v' option, the last line it prints is > > > > Allocated local port 1023 > > Is the ssh program suid? If not then it can't allocate port 1023 since
Yes. And I run it as root.
> that is a privileged port that requires root or suid on the binary. If you > wish to keep ssh -s like myself (it only breaks rhosts type > authentication which sucks any way) then add this to your ssh_config: > > UsePrivilegedPort no > > This will tell ssh not to even try using ports < 1024.
OK, that could circumvent it.
But why do I never get problems if the allocated port is 1022 or 1021, which is also privileged?
Greetings,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/ Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
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