Hi,

No, ‘X’ is what the debug logger obfuscates the password to.  A special 
character could be, for example, one that is returned when you hold shift and 
hit one of the top row of numbers on your keyboard (US layout).

Sent from a mobile device

> On Jul 31, 2020, at 7:34 AM, Jaap Keuter <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I recon ‘X’ is not a special character, so what did you consider special in 
> this context?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jaap
> 
>> On 30 Jul 2020, at 22:38, Jason Lixfeld <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I’m wondering if anyone has some clue on a sshdump GUI oddity.  The attempt 
>> to start the sshdump always seems to result in an authentication failure 
>> when a special character is used in the password:
>> 
>> Error by extcap pipe:
>> ** (process:27640): WARNING **: Error creating connection.
>> 
>> ** (process:27640): WARNING **: Can't find a valid authentication. 
>> Disconnecting.
>> 
>> jlixfeld@BlackBox Desktop % more wireshark-debug.txt
>> cmdline: /Applications/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/extcap/sshdump --capture 
>> --extcap-interface sshdump --fifo 
>> /var/folders/ht/pffb_rd133jd1x12w50hdzcr0000gn/T//wireshark_extcap_sshdump_20200730163607_gRRHD2
>>  --remote-capture-command bash /sbin/tcpdump -i mirror0 -w - --debug-file 
>> /Users/jlixfeld/Desktop/wireshark-debug.txt --remote-host 192.168.57.108 
>> --remote-port 22 --remote-password XXXXXXXXXX --remote-username jlixfeld 
>> --debug
>> [ssh_connect] ssh_connect: libssh 0.9.0 (c) 2003-2019 Aris Adamantiadis, 
>> Andreas Schneider and libssh contributors. Distributed under the LGPL, 
>> please refer to COPYING file for information about your rights, using 
>> threading threads_pthread
>> [ssh_socket_connect] ssh_socket_connect: Nonblocking connection socket: 5
>> [ssh_connect] ssh_connect: Socket connecting, now waiting for the callbacks 
>> to work
>> [socket_callback_connected] socket_callback_connected: Socket connection 
>> callback: 1 (0)
>> [ssh_client_connection_callback] ssh_client_connection_callback: SSH server 
>> banner: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.8
>> [ssh_analyze_banner] ssh_analyze_banner: Analyzing banner: 
>> SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.8
>> [ssh_analyze_banner] ssh_analyze_banner: We are talking to an OpenSSH client 
>> version: 7.8 (70800)
>> [ssh_known_hosts_read_entries] ssh_known_hosts_read_entries: Failed to open 
>> the known_hosts file '/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts': No such file or directory
>> [ssh_kex_select_methods] ssh_kex_select_methods: Negotiated 
>> [email protected],ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],none,none,,
>> [ssh_init_rekey_state] ssh_init_rekey_state: Set rekey after 4294967296 
>> blocks
>> [ssh_init_rekey_state] ssh_init_rekey_state: Set rekey after 4294967296 
>> blocks
>> [ssh_packet_client_curve25519_reply] ssh_packet_client_curve25519_reply: 
>> SSH_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
>> [ssh_packet_newkeys] ssh_packet_newkeys: Received SSH_MSG_NEWKEYS
>> [ssh_packet_newkeys] ssh_packet_newkeys: Signature verified and valid
>> [ssh_agent_get_ident_count] ssh_agent_get_ident_count: Answer type: 12, 
>> expected answer: 12
>> [ssh_pki_import_pubkey_file] ssh_pki_import_pubkey_file: Error opening 
>> /Users/jlixfeld/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub: No such file or directory
>> [ssh_pki_import_privkey_file] ssh_pki_import_privkey_file: Error opening 
>> /Users/jlixfeld/.ssh/id_ed25519: No such file or directory
>> [ssh_pki_import_pubkey_file] ssh_pki_import_pubkey_file: Error opening 
>> /Users/jlixfeld/.ssh/id_ecdsa.pub: No such file or directory
>> [ssh_pki_import_privkey_file] ssh_pki_import_privkey_file: Error opening 
>> /Users/jlixfeld/.ssh/id_ecdsa: No such file or directory
>> [ssh_packet_userauth_failure] ssh_packet_userauth_failure: Access denied for 
>> 'publickey'. Authentication that can continue: publickey,keyboard-interactive
>> [ssh_packet_userauth_failure] ssh_packet_userauth_failure: Access denied for 
>> 'publickey'. Authentication that can continue: publickey,keyboard-interactive
>> [ssh_pki_import_pubkey_file] ssh_pki_import_pubkey_file: Error opening 
>> /Users/jlixfeld/.ssh/id_dsa.pub: No such file or directory
>> [ssh_pki_import_privkey_file] ssh_pki_import_privkey_file: Error opening 
>> /Users/jlixfeld/.ssh/id_dsa: No such file or directory
>> [ssh_userauth_publickey_auto] ssh_userauth_publickey_auto: Tried every 
>> public key, none matched
>> [ssh_packet_userauth_failure] ssh_packet_userauth_failure: Access denied for 
>> 'password'. Authentication that can continue: publickey,keyboard-interactive
>> [ssh_packet_userauth_failure] ssh_packet_userauth_failure: Access denied for 
>> 'password'. Authentication that can continue: publickey,keyboard-interactive
>> jlixfeld@BlackBox Desktop %
>> 
>> Is there some magic required to use special characters in passwords?
>> 
>> macOS Catalina
>> Wireshark 3.0.12
>> 
>> Thanks in advance!
> 
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> Sent via:    Wireshark-users mailing list <[email protected]>
> Archives:    https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-users
> Unsubscribe: https://www.wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-users
>             mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe

___________________________________________________________________________
Sent via:    Wireshark-users mailing list <[email protected]>
Archives:    https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-users
Unsubscribe: https://www.wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-users
             mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe

Reply via email to