Error when connecting via ssh: Couldn't import hostname

[Jed Ronan Escoreal]

Hi,

I have an HPUX v1 box which I tried to setup to connect via passwordless ssh to a solaris 10 box. Everytime I initiate an ssh section, it does not connect and leaves me an error message "Couldn't import hostname". Has anybody else encountered the same error?

thanks,
Jed

[Jupinder Bedi]

how you are configuring the ssh keys . please let me know . here is procedure to configure the ssh without password .

http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=5600



Good Luck

[Jed Ronan Escoreal]

Hi Jupinder, there's no problem w/ the passwordless setup, the problem is w/ ssh. Prior to setting up the passwordless connection, initially tried to do ssh from my hpux box and that's when I first encountered the error.

thanks,
Jed

[Jupinder Bedi]

please check your ssh version . may be this version is outdated. please install the latest version and try again

[Viktor Balogh]

>Everytime I initiate an ssh section

Initiate from which server? HP-UX? Solaris?

>"Couldn't import hostname"

It's a strange message. Import hostname to where? These telling error messages are bothering me in my nightmares. Maybe you should check if .known_hosts is writable by the user in question. (Ok, it is automatically generated, but one never knows...)

[Steven Schweda]

Actual output from "uname -a" and "ssh -V"
on both systems might be better than vague
descriptions.

> Everytime I initiate an ssh section [...]

Add "-v" to your "ssh" command, and show the
actual command with its actual output.

> Initiate from which server? [...]

Good question(s).

> [...] there's no problem w/ the
> passwordless setup, the problem is w/ ssh.

Huh?

[Michael Steele_2]

Hi

Try using either canonical or FQDN

eric.foobarbaz.com.

[Jed Ronan Escoreal]

Hi guys,

ssh is initiated from the hpux server(11.11 pa-risc) to the solaris box(sol10). Here's the output btw:

/home/ccb_oper>uname -a
HP-UX CCB_SMS B.11.11 U 9000/800 509453304 unlimited-user license

[ccb_oper@CCB_SMS]:/home/ccb_oper>ssh -v KRPAPD01
OpenSSH_3.6.1p2, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090702f
debug1: Reading configuration data /opt/ssh/etc/ssh_config
debug1: Rhosts Authentication disabled, originating port will not be trusted.
debug1: Connecting to KRPAPD01 [10.225.6.117] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /home/ccb_oper/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
debug1: identity file /home/ccb_oper/.ssh/id_dsa type 2
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version Sun_SSH_1.1.1
debug1: no match: Sun_SSH_1.1.1
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.6.1p2
debug1:


debug1: Mechanism encoded as toWM5Slw5Ew8Mqkay+al2g==
debug1:


debug1: Mechanism encoded as A/vxljAEU54gt9a48EiANQ==
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug1:


Couldn't import hostname
debug1: Calling cleanup 0x40017092(0x0)

Without the -v option for ssh,only "Couldn't import hostname".

much thanks for the replies,
Jed

[Jed Ronan Escoreal]

... correction to the last line:

Without the -v option for ssh,only "Couldn't import hostname" shows up.

[Michael Steele_2]

Hi

debug1: no match: Sun_SSH_1.1.1

Have you verified the compatibilty between HP's version and the Solaris version?

[Michael Steele_2]

Hi Again:

What version are you using?

http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1471AA

Lists compatibly openssh version A.05.30.007, A.05.30.008, and A.05.30.009

[Jed Ronan Escoreal]

Hi Michael,

HPUX ssh version - OpenSSH_3.6.1p2

SUN ssh version - Sun_SSH_1.1.1

[Steven Schweda]

> HPUX ssh version - OpenSSH_3.6.1p2

Have you considered installing something less
obsolete?

http://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1471AA

> SUN ssh version - Sun_SSH_1.1.1

I don't try very hard, but I have something
at least a little newer there, too:

ra# ssh -V
Sun_SSH_1.1.2, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090704f

ra# uname -a
SunOS ra 5.10 Generic_141444-09 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi-cEngine

[Jed Ronan Escoreal]

thanks! where can I get the 1.1.2 version? As I can remember, i got the latest openssh version but it still shows 1.1.1.

[Steven Schweda]

> [...] where can I get the 1.1.2 version?
> [...]

I don't recall doing anything in particular,
so I'd guess that it was on the most recent
set of Solaris media which I downloaded (and
upgraded from).

However, on the Solaris system, you seem to
be behind by 0.0.1, while on the HP-UX
system, you seem to be behind by more like
1.5.x. I'd worry more about the HP-UX side.

[Jed Ronan Escoreal]

Thanks steven, i'll try upgrading the hpux one. Will get back to you for the results.

thanks,
Jed

[RC Park]

Jed,

Have you tried forcing HPUX's ssh to stay at protocol version 1? From the man page:

ssh [-1246AaCfgkMNnqsTtVvXxY]

and

The options are as follows:

-1 Forces ssh to try protocol version 1 only.

You might see if this helps...

-RCP