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ssh error 'The descriptor is a file, not a socket'
- To: Kris Huber <khuber at sorensontech dot com>
- Subject: ssh error 'The descriptor is a file, not a socket'
- From: David Starks-Browning <starksb at ebi dot ac dot uk>
- Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 00:47:59 +0000
- Cc: "'cygwin at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- References: <6E031E06378BD311AEF20090273CE1BA409386@el-postino.s-vision.com>
On Thursday 1 Nov 01, Kris Huber writes:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to use cygwin's sshd to allow my Linux box to log into my win98
> computer using the 'ssh host' command. The authentication goes OK, but
> after 'entering interactive session' I get the following error on the client
> side:
> 'getpeername failed: The descriptor is a file, not a socket'
>
> I've also seen 'getsockname failed: The descriptor is a file, not a socket'
> with some variations of the ssh command options.
Try a snapshot, it should be fixed there. (But snapshots may
introduce other problems...)
Cheers,
David
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