Comments on: SSH Error: trying to get more bytes 4 than in buffer 0

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 04:04:57 +0000

This can also happen if your key file permissions are not strict enough. In Linux, this command should fix it…
sudo chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Chris — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 12:34:23 +0000

This happened for me when there was a rouge new line character in the known_host file on the CLIENT side

Bladimir — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 22:00:23 +0000

This can also happen when known_host file is corrupted..

paresh — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:01:41 +0000

SSH2 0: trying to get more bytes than in ssh_buffer in cisco switch error ….

ianr — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:00:45 +0000

I never in a thousand years would have figured this out by myself – thanks!

Daniel — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 01:53:57 +0000

Thanks for this.

Gervase Markham — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:00:13 +0000

Thanks! I hit this too. You are right – the error is very cryptic.