[lug] ls killing ssh

[John Hernandez]

Michael Wegener wrote:

> I have a machine that when you ls in /etc/init.d, it kills ssh. This 
> seems a tad weird, but it's very consistent. Of course, I can't be 
> sure I see what may be causing this unless I get on a console, but an 
> "ls l" stops at httpd. The sshd process keeps running, but not ls, and 
> the terminal stops responding. I've also seen this using another ssh 
> interface, so I don't think it's PuTTY which I'm using when I see 
> this. Any ideas what would cause this?

Perhaps a non-graphic character embedded in a filename?  What happens if 
you run 'ls -lb' instead?