[Info-vax] VMS ssh client to freeSSHd on Windows

[Sum1]

On 2011-11-16 06:23:47 +0000, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson said:

> Sum1 wrote:
> 
>> On 2011-11-15 07:14:49 +0000, Sum1 said:
>> 
>>> Thanks to all those who helped, especially those who recommended
>>> editing the public keyfile to strip the VMS-style information - that
>>> appears to have got me over the hurdle.
> 
> Did you try the openssh (if applicable) ssh-keygen import tool?  I've
> successfully used ssh-keygen export to format a Unix public key for use
> on VMS.
> 
>>> Now, one last problem - of course!  Following is the output from an ssh
>>> connection, note that the authentication is fine (apparently) but the
>>> session immediately dies.  Googling for help on the message is -
>>> unhelpful.  VMS expert opinion greatly appreciated.
>>> 
>>> debug: Got session close with exit_status=0
>>> debug: destroying client struct...
> 
> Are you able to connect to yourself with Putty on the windows host?  Not
> being a VMS expert, but it seems to me your remote session is being
> immediately closed down for some reason; as if you'd just logged out.
> 
> This might be a server misconfiguration.

Hi

The remote ssh server (freeSSHd) doens't have any ssh capabilities at 
all other than being a server - no command line anything, no keygen, 
nothing other than being a server on port 22.  However, it works fine 
as a server and I can connect to it and maintain sessions using plenty 
of OS, including VMS when using a password!  Now, I can make VMS 
connect using a public key, but the connection is immediately closed.  
This does not happen using other OS.  So, alI have to go on is the VMS 
client-side log, which is included in the original post.