Re: sshd:cipher_encrypt: bad plaintext length 337 [Failed}: ( second time post)

From: William Hooper (whooperhsd3_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 05/31/05

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    Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 09:12:20 -0400 (EDT)
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    Ankush Grover wrote:
    [snip]
    > write(2, "debug1: sshd version OpenSSH_3.9"..., 36debug1: sshd version
    > OpenSSH_3 .9p1
    > ) = 36
    > open("/etc/ssh/ssh_host_key", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 fstat64(3,
    > {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=516, ...}) = 0
    > getuid32() = 0 fstat64(3,
    > {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=516, ...}) = 0
    > read(3, "SSH PRIVATE KEY FILE FORMAT 1.1\n"..., 516) = 516 _llseek(3, 0,
    > [0], SEEK_SET) = 0
    > fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=516, ...}) = 0 read(3, "SSH
    > PRIVATE KEY FILE FORMAT 1.1\n"..., 516) = 516
    > write(2, "cipher_encrypt: bad plaintext le"..., 42cipher_encrypt: bad
    > plaintext length 337 ) = 42
    > exit_group(255) = ?

    It looks like it is having trouble reading the ssh_host_key files. Try
    moving all the /etc/ssh/ssh_host* files out of the way and let the server
    recreate them.

    Note that this will cause your clients to tell you that the host's key has
    changed. 

    -- 
William Hooper
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