On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 2:30 PM, Peter Moody <mindrot@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > so I spent a bit of time looking at this and it seems like the only > way to go, at least if I want to keep it in ssh_connect_direct(), is > to use pthreads. further, it seems like getting that accepted is > something of a long shot: Sorry, pthreads is a non-starter. I would have thought that using non-blocking connect (ie set O_NONBLOCK on the fds, initiate the connections then select on the set until one succeeds) would be feasible, though. > so, approaching this from a different angle, what if I wanted to have > something else establish the tcp connection and then fork/dup2/exec > ssh and pass off the fd's for the network connection? That's how ProxyComand and ProxyUseFdpass work. Your dialler is a separate program so it can do whatever you like, including use pthreads if that's your thing. -- Darren Tucker (dtucker at zip.com.au) GPG key 11EAA6FA / A86E 3E07 5B19 5880 E860 37F4 9357 ECEF 11EA A6FA (new) Good judgement comes with experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgement. _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev