Peter Wood wrote:> I have tried running OpenSSH 3.7.1p2 on an Indy running IRIX 5.3. It
> compiled and installed without any problems.
>
> However, I get the fatal error, which originates from uidswap.c in
> function permanently_set_uid():
>
> fatal: permanently_set_uid: was able to restore old [e]uid
Looks like IRIX 5 needs the same defines IRIX 6 does. I've just added
them.
> It seems to be a problem with IRIX 5.3 rather than OpenSSH. I have
> searched for possible patches for IRIX 5.3, but haven't found anything
> likely yet.
>
> Any suggestions?
See here:
http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=659
You need to add those #defines to config.h and recompile, or try
tomorrow's snapshot.
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