> The part I don't get is that this worked at all in KDE
> 3.5.10. Specifically this portion of the code:
> 
>      else {
>          struct servent *pse;
>          if( (pse =
> getservbyname("ssh", "tcp") ) == NULL )
>              mPort =
> 22;
>          else
>              mPort =
> ntohs(pse->s_port);
>      }
> 
> looks like it should be completely removed!  This
> duplicates the default port logic in ssh (bad), and also overrides any ports set
> via the ssh option file (even worse).
> 
> I'd try removing that section of code to see if it resolves
> the problem.

Yes, but 3.5.10 was working during the OpenSSH <=5.5p1 days. Perhaps something changed >5.5p1 that causes that snippet to now fail?

Darrell