[Solved]: hotssh problem for user but not root

Cotton · 2011-02-12 17:24:07

Recently, ssh stopped working for me as a non-root user. It reports:

ssh 192.168.0.1
File "/usr/bin/hotssh", line 36
print "Detected COPYING; Apparently running uninstalled, extending path"
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Yet, logged in as root gives the following (expected) result:

ssh 192.168.0.1
ssh: connect to host 192.168.0.1 port 22: Connection refused

I've removed the user's ~/.ssh directory and reinstalled openssh to no avail.

Any ideas?

Last edited by Cotton (2011-02-12 18:06:14)

litemotiv · 2011-02-12 17:33:33

Maybe try to reinstall hotssh? Was it upgraded recently?

Could you also please change ssh to hotssh in your topic title?

Stebalien · 2011-02-12 17:41:21

You have to rebuild your hotssh package to use /usr/bin/python2 instead of /usr/bin/python.

Cotton · 2011-02-12 18:04:09

I've removed hotssh (which I didn't realise was a separate package to openssh) and ssh works as expected in an alternative virtual terminal.

Using ssh 192.168.0.1, the current console reports:
-bash: hotssh: command not found

ie it thinks /usr/bin/hotssh still exists - just remind me how to reset a console environment without having to logout. I thought "source /etc/profile" was supposed to do the trick, but it didn't work in this case.

Thanks for the help guys.

Arch Linux

#1 2011-02-12 17:24:07

[Solved]: hotssh problem for user but not root

#2 2011-02-12 17:33:33

Re: [Solved]: hotssh problem for user but not root

#3 2011-02-12 17:41:21

Re: [Solved]: hotssh problem for user but not root

#4 2011-02-12 18:04:09

Re: [Solved]: hotssh problem for user but not root

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