[NTLUG:Discuss] sshd[19617]: fatal: buffer_get: trying to get more bytes xxx than in buffer yy

[Rev. wRy]

Jay Urish wrote:
> I saw that on a serverof mine that got compromised.. Make damn sure you 
> are running the LATEST ssh daemon.

>> Has anyone seen this error, or know what is going on?  This was pulled 
>> out of the logs on the ssh server, the client just gets a connection 
>> closed.
>>
>> sshd[19617]: fatal: buffer_get: trying to get more bytes xxx than in 
>> buffer yy

While I'd also agree that updating to the latest opensshd is a good 
idea, a quick google seemed to indicate that this problem was related to 
shells in /etc/passwd, or the path to sftp in sshd.

What was your user trying to do?

>> Tom Woody

Ry