After Security Update today: "Bus error" when starting "ssh" client

Also related to this issue is that the syncserver daemon fails on a bus error when syncing to dotmac. I'm have the same problems on my MacBook Pro 2.2 Ghz C2 Duo but no problems on my Imac 1.8Ghz C Duo. Both are running the same software and versions of OS X 10.5.2 and have the same updates. I'm trying to determine the differences in settings, etc. Hopefully Apple will have a fix before then.

Well things happen fast on a Mac. As I was typing my comment I see the problem with Instant Hijack was found and there's already a fix.

Blaming Apple for a 3rd party bug?

:-/

I just got an email reply to the support request I sent to RA this morning. I popped in here to let this thread know - and of course... it's already been posted. So great!

I read that Input Managers are to blame for a lot of problems after installing Mac OS X updates. Instant Hijack was mentioned on macfixit.com too. For me it was Safari Adblock and SafariStand that caused this problem. I had them installed in Input Managers and with SIMBL and removing them only from Input Managers fixed it. I shouldn't have had them installed in both places anyway. I just overlooked it.

I get this too. I'm using OpenSSH v4 built from sources as a stop-gap.

The binaries are here: http://www.fawlty.net/downloads/macssh.tar.gz. Download, place in your path and away you go. *USE THESE AT YOUR OWN RISK. NO WARRANTY FROM ME.*

You will need to unset SSH AUTHSOCK or start a new ssh-agent if you use an agent otherwise this ssh will hang waiting for the authentication step - he ssh-agent binary is also bust on Leopard...

Let's hope Apple put out an update soon.

unset the SSHAUTHSOCK variable and your ssh will no longer hang.

Read the thread... this was fixed two days ago by Rogue Amoeba. It was due to a conflict with their "Instant Hijack" component.

Thanks Peter, I need ssh to finish working on my Linksys router for my Engineering final project, you are a life saver!

Thanks for figuring this out. It worked!

Thanks Peter. That did the trick.

Thanks, breun! MindTerm is a good interim solution until Apple issues a fix.

If you read the rest of this post you'll notice that Apple doesn't need to fix anything. Rogue Amoeba's Instant Hijack was breaking ssh. Rogue Amoeba has released an update to Instant Hijack that fixes this problem.

Well, thank you! That was a lifesaver!

I had actually already downloaded and installed the latest Airfoil and without reading the Release notes. But I hadn't launched it yet, so Hijack hadn't been updated yet.

Hi all,

I had the very same problem just after installing Audio Hijack Pro's "Instant Hijack" module for the kernel. destroyed the whole thing, all I had to do was remove it and everything started working again.

Posted an how-to here: http://thebigdeal.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/mac-os-x-ssh-bus-error/