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Re: SSH - Can't Login (3rd Post)
> On 10/26/2010 1:53 PM, Charles Smith wrote:
> > I'm apparently having the same problem you are - when I run the ssh
client, it gives me the usage output. I discovered that if I go back to the
previous version (5.5p1.2?), it works. Every time I update with setup.exe, I
have to go back and reset openssh to 5.5. I figured I must be doing something
really stupid, until a colleague complained to me that ssh didn't work - when
I told him about the 5.5 version, that solved his problem.
> >
> > This has been going on for months now. I do an internet search
occasionally, but nothing comes up. I'm actually quite puzzled.
>
> Have you tried to confirm that you don't have an alias, shell
> function, or script named ssh that is masking the real ssh binary?
> Something like that could be calling the real ssh with some
> arguments that are invalid under the latest version. What do you
> get when you run the following:
>
> type -a ssh
>
> Have you tried installing a fresh copy of Cygwin to a new directory
> to see if the problem recurs in that instance? If the problem
> happens in one but not the other when they should be otherwise
> identical, a diff over the directories might track down the problem.
> If the problem happens in both places, maybe you have some other
> software installed on your system that is somehow interfering.
>
I have the same problem and have not been able to resolve the issue either. I
get the following from the "type -a" command. Invoking either from the bash
shell with a complete path still just displays the usage message and gives a
return code of 255. Everything else seems to be working fine.
Brian S. Wilson@ncc-1701 ~
$ type -a ssh
ssh is /usr/bin/ssh
ssh is /bin/ssh
Brian S. Wilson
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