On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the last episode (Mar 26), The MadDaemon said: > > I have a 7.0-RELEASE box that I setup a few weeks ago for testing, > > and I just now tried to sftp into it and get the following: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [~]$ sftp 172.20.30.12 > > Connecting to 172.20.30.12... > > > > (banner snipped) > > > > Password: > > Received message too long 173305700 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [~]$ > > 173305700 = 0x0A546F64 = "\nTod" > > Make sure you don't have any commands in your shell's startup scripts > that might print anything if the incoming session isn't interactive. > > http://www.snailbook.com/faq/sftp-corruption.auto.html > > -- > Dan Nelson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
d'oh! I had fortunes enabled, which was the culprit. Thanks for the link/answer, Dan. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"