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Why does rssh keep dumping core on me?

April 26, 2017core dumping rssh

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Why does rssh keep dumping core on me?

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If you built rssh for Solaris, and are not using rssh with a version of OpenSSH >= 3.5, then by default the configure script will try to build statically linked binaries. This is next to impossible on Solaris, due to brain damage in Sun’s C libraries. Upgrade to OpenSSH 3.5 to fix the problem securely. Or, if that’s not an option, you can run the configure script with –disable-static, but this opens a security hole. If you are already using OpenSSH 3.5 or later, and/or you are not building on Solaris, then you probably installed rssh incorrectly. You are also probably using it with chroot jails. Be sure to read the man page and the INSTALL file, and also the CHROOT file if you are using rssh with chroot jails. If you don’t have your jail set up properly, you will definitely see lots of broken behavior, including core dumps.