Looks like /etc/krb5.keytab is the culprit. This is only a problem because it doesn't keep quiet about the fact, I don't care gssapi authentication fails. 14144 stat64("/etc/krb5.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=640, ...}) = 0 14144 stat64("/etc/krb5.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=640, ...}) = 0 14144 stat64("/etc/krb5.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=640, ...}) = 0 14144 stat64("/etc/krb5.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=640, ...}) = 0 14144 stat64("/etc/krb5.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=640, ...}) = 0 14144 stat64("/etc/krb5.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=640, ...}) = 0 14144 stat64("/etc/krb5.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=640, ...}) = 0 14144 stat64("/etc/krb5.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=640, ...}) = 0 14144 stat64("/etc/krb5.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=640, ...}) = 0 14144 open("/etc/krb5.keytab", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 14144 write(5, "\0\0\0\5\25", 5) = 5 14146 <... read resumed> "\0\0\0\5", 4) = 4 14144 write(5, "\0\r\0\0", 4 <unfinished ...> 14146 read(3, <unfinished ...> 14144 <... write resumed> ) = 4 14146 <... read resumed> "\25\0\r\0\0", 5) = 5 14144 read(5, <unfinished ...> 14146 write(3, "\0\0\0\1 ", 5) = 5 14144 <... read resumed> "\0\0\0\1", 4) = 4 14146 read(3, <unfinished ...> 14144 read(5, " ", 1) = 1 14144 write(5, "\0\0\0=!", 5) = 5 14146 <... read resumed> "\0\0\0=", 4) = 4 14144 write(5, "\0\r\0\0\0\0\0\2\0\0\0000Miscellaneous failur"..., 60 <unfinished ...> 14146 read(3, <unfinished ...> Maarten Litmaath, CERN ([log in to unmask]) wrote: > On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Peter Love wrote: > > > [...] > > Server LogLevel DEBUG > > --------------------- > > [...] > > Dec 22 14:19:18 fal-pygrid-19 sshd[8173]: debug1: Forked child 8404. > > Dec 22 14:19:18 fal-pygrid-19 sshd[8404]: debug1: Client protocol version 2.0; client software version OpenSSH_3.6.1p2 > > Dec 22 14:19:18 fal-pygrid-19 sshd[8404]: debug1: match: OpenSSH_3.6.1p2 pat OpenSSH* > > Dec 22 14:19:18 fal-pygrid-19 sshd[8404]: debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 > > Dec 22 14:19:18 fal-pygrid-19 sshd[8404]: debug1: Local version string SSH-1.99-OpenSSH_3.6.1p2 > > Dec 22 14:19:18 fal-pygrid-19 sshd[8404]: debug1: Miscellaneous failure No such file or directory > > Try this on the server: > > strace -f -o /tmp/sshd-strace.txt -p 8173 > > Then provoke the problem and look in the trace file to see which file > it tried to open.