Bug 391

Summary:	ssh -n returning 255 status code
Product:	Portable OpenSSH	Reporter:	steve.ridgley
Component:	ssh	Assignee:	OpenSSH Bugzilla mailing list <openssh-bugs>
Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P2
Version:	-current
Hardware:	All
OS:	Solaris

Description steve.ridgley 2002-09-05 01:18:12 AEST

Using openSSH3.4p1 on Solaris8 , we are having problems with 'ssh -n' returning 
status code 255 (from echo $?).  We have some proprietary code executing ssh - 
n, and trapping the return status and aborting the script.

We have seen the thread on MARC realting to a similar problem in OpenSSH2.9p1 
that says it will be fixed in the future. Our sysadmin guys are reluctant to 
apply the suggested 2.9 patch to 3.4.

The command that 'succeeds' but returns 255:

/usr/local/bin/ssh -q -o BatchMode=yes <remotenode> -n -l 
<remoteusr> /usr/bin/true

Without the -n, 'echo $?' returns 0

Comment 1 Markus Friedl 2002-09-11 08:17:47 AEST

do you have output from
ssh -vvv ?

Comment 2 Damien Miller 2003-01-07 21:34:06 AEDT

4 months, no followup == no bug

Comment 3 Damien Miller 2004-04-14 12:24:18 AEST

Mass change of RESOLVED bugs to CLOSED