scp in openssh-4.0_p1 can't seem to do any remote copies(in either direction) on two of my ~x86 machines due to an xfree NULL pointer error, to/from a particular host, when that host is configured to set up port forwards. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Configure a host to use port forwarding in ${HOME}/.ssh/config, ie: Host <hostname> LocalForward 6769 127.0.0.1:19150 2. Transfer any file to a remote machine or from a remote machine, such as: scp <host>:file file Actual Results: scp fails before asking for a password for either password-mode or keys with: xfree: NULL pointer given as argument Expected Results: scp asks for a password for the server or keys and then transfers the file. This does not appear to occur for local transfers(file-to-file). One machine observed is a pentium 3 733mhz, the other a P4. Both are using -O2. Problem does not seem to occur in openssh-3.9_p1-r2. Problem occurs whether a ssh session is already open (and thus listening on the forwarded port) or not.
Bug 79343 perhaps ? does openssh-3.9 work ?
Re-assign.
try with 4.2_p1
