buffer_get: trying to get more bytes 21 than in buffer 5 when trying to connect with ssh

[Eckbert P. Dollhofer]

Thanks Dan,
I ve already removed hostkeys but that didn't help. Simply renaming  
.ssh to .ssh_old solved the problem!!

Thanks for your help.
Eckbert

Eckbert P. Dollhofer
Dipl. Betriebswirt - Wirtschaftsinformatik
Leader Backend Technologies

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Am 02.04.2004 um 00:35 Uhr schrieb Dan Shoop:

> At 9:39 AM +0200 4/1/04, Eckbert P. Dollhofer wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Since updating to 10.3.3 I can't connect to some os x 1.2 machines as  
>> they have an oooold ssh version running I guess.
>> When trying to connect all I get is "buffer_get: trying to get more  
>> bytes 21 than in buffer 5"
>
> This error generally comes from damaged key files. You could confirm  
> this by trying ssh from different user accounts to different user  
> accounts. Try nuking your user keys on both local and remote host and  
> trying again.
>
> --  
>
> -dhan
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