Re: Openssh 2.3.0p1 weird exec problem, cont.

[bailey9 at akamai dot com]

On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 10:30:05PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

That seems to solve the problem for me. Thanks!

 .andy

> On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 03:59:12PM -0500, John Pollock wrote:
> > However, i've only seen this issue with non-cygwin apps (like VC++ and
> > such) which don't seem to understand how to send output reliably when
> > cooperating with a version of ssh using socket pairs instead of pipes.
> > The cygwin version of openssh, i believe ,uses socket pairs and not pipes,
> > which may be the source of the problem.
> 
> That's an interesting point. socket pairs are prefered over pipes in
> OpenSSH. Using pipes is a special option. I'm currently on vacation
> and need the time for my move to another town. If somebody is willing
> to build OpenSSH using pipes and test that situation again I would
> gladly appreciate this.
> 
> Using pipes instead of socket pairs is easy: After configuring just
> open `defines.h', goto line 378 and remove the comments from this
> line containing `#define USE_PIPES 1', then make. If that solves the
> problem (and still works in all other situations) I will release
> a new Cygwin version of OpenSSH then.
> 
> Corinna
> 
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