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Hi,

I encountered some problems with the ssh-client of OpenSSH (tested in OpenVMS 8.4-2L3 on IA64).

1) it appears that the terminal type given to the remote system, if started from a DecwTerminal, is now vt300-80 (instead of vt300) and is thus not recognised on my Fedora 37 system. My default shell, tcsh, tells me that is uses "dumb" terminal settings. I solved this temporarily by setting a symlink to the vt300 terminal descriptions.

2) When my .cshrc startup script come to the following line
setenv answer <$
it hangs. I can type something but if I press enter te inputed characters disappear and are not placed in answer. The script hangs at this line.

Jouk

Which version of OpenSSH? V8.9-??

you should consult openssh.com for info on which config parameters are supported.

It is V8.9-1C

I'll checkout openssh.com

Added in 12 minutes 15 seconds:
openssh.com made me not wiser. I'm not sure if this is a configuartion problem.

i might guess (as i don't -know-) that the terminal drivers aren't set up or running as yet at the point where the .cshrc script is executing. Does this work for any other SSH server?

Added in 15 minutes 55 seconds:
i need a clarification. the server is your Integrity V8.4-2L* system; what's the client running on? Is this .cshrc file executed on the client side? You indicate DECwindows, which suggests your client is on your Fedora system, using DECwindows as a client via some sort of X server? Thus the SSH connection is from one VMS process to another on the same system?

The client is the Itanium running OpenVMS. The server is a Fedora-linux system on which the .cshrc runs as a startup script. This works for all clients from any system (including OpenVMS) except if the client is OpenSSH 8.9-1C running on OpenVMS

hmm. is there any way to report this through official support channels? this is starting to sound like it may be an actual bug.

I'm just a pour "hobyist". I have no "official" channel to VSI. Thbat is why I post it here in the hope someone from VSI reads it.

Jouk

Understood. BTW, the Community program is starting, you should look into that.

I'll see what i can do regarding the SSH situation. thx, -Tym

Same problems with OpenSSH 8.9D on OpenVMS AXP 8.4-2L1

I found a work-around for the "setenv answer <$" problem:

You have to set the PASTYHRU option in your terminal
i.e. $ set term/pasthru

Jouk