[Info-vax] ssh error

[Scott Dorsey]

Dave Froble  <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>On 9/1/2019 3:23 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> What is the source of this error?
>>
>>    sys$system:tcpip$ssh_ssh2.exe: FATAL: ssh_io_register_fd:fd 3 already registered!
>>
>> (Actually, it is the translation of sys$system which occurs in the
>> message.)
>>
>> I get this in a procedure when following an scp command with an ssh
>> command to the same destination.  Interactively, I don't get the error,
>> at least not always, but always do in the procedure.
>>
>> I've tried running another image between the commands, but to no avail.
>>
>
>It worked when you used a terminal.  It did NOT work when you did not 
>use a terminal.  SSH thinks it cannot prompt for a password unless 
>you're on a terminal.

It shouldn't, because you should never, ever have passwords embedded into
scripts.

Presumably if this is the issue that it will work fine with key authentication
instead of passwords?
--scott

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