Re: misc/58420: ssh silently fails attempting to authenticate from NetBSD to another host

[RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR misc/58420; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: misc/58420: ssh silently fails attempting to authenticate from
 NetBSD to another host
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2024 22:52:35 +0000 (UTC)

 On Sun, 14 Jul 2024, Duncan Greatwood wrote:
 
 > Also note zero size known_hosts after the above:
 > -bash-5.2$ ls -l .ssh/known_hosts
 > -rw-r--r--  1 <username>  users  0 Jul 11 11:55 .ssh/known_hosts
 > If I now remove .ssh/known_hosts and run ssh again, it once again
 > prompts for "continue connecting" and then exits silently, but no
 > known_hosts is created.
 >
 
 Can we see the permissions for the directory _itself_?
 
 ls -ld ~/.ssh
 
 and show whatever custom ssh_config you're using (after redacting sensitive
 info.).
 
 -RVP