Bug ID 540576: big3d may fail to install on systems configured with an SSH banner

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP GTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.4.1, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2

Fixed In:
11.5.4 HF2, 11.4.1 HF10

Opened: Aug 18, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K29095826

Symptoms

When a BIG-IP system is configured to display a banner at SSH login, big3d_install may be unable to update the big3d daemon on that device.

Impact

big3d_install fails to install big3d on the target remote BIG-IP system.

Conditions

sshd banner enabled.

Workaround

1. Disable the SSH banner on the target device: tmsh modify /sys sshd banner disabled. 2. Add the target: bigip_add target_name. 3. Re-enable the SSH banner: tmsh modify /sys sshd banner enabled.

Fix Information

big3d now installs correctly on systems configured with an SSH banner.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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