cd sh:// RemoteCommand fails

[mc-butler]

Important

This issue was migrated from Trac:

Origin	https://midnight-commander.org/ticket/4611
Reporter	DirectorBazy (yura.dm@….com)

having a host with 'RemoteCommand' option defined in ~/.ssh/config
e.g.

Host my_remote_host
    HostName my_remote_host.com
    Port 22
    User me_on_remote
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id.private
    RemoteCommand sudo su - adm_on_remote
    RequestTTY yes

cd sh://my_remote_host

fails with error

Cannot change directory to /sh://my_remote_host
Input/output error (5)

(mc:72268): GLib-CRITICAL : ... g_string_free: assertion 'string != NULL' failed

If RemoteCommand is not specified the cd works as expected.
Expecting behavior is that cd works as well if RemoteCommand is defined as following:

RemoteCommand sudo su - other_user_at_remote_host

See: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/354594/remote-command-in-ssh-config-file

[mc-butler]

Changed by zaytsev (@zyv) on Dec 17, 2024 at 6:36 UTC (comment 1)

Patch for glib assertion in Ticket #4572: mc-4572-fix-Glib-g_string_free-assertion.patch .