Remote Login Issue

Bug Report
1

Every time I type in my password to connect to remote SSH through cursor the error logs below pop up, this has been an ongoing issue for the last few days but was working fine before hand. I have seen others have this issue but mine was working fine until the other day.

[Info - 19:08:44.717] Resolving ssh remote authority ‘ssh-remote+sunlab.cse.----.edu’ (attemp #1)
[Trace - 19:08:44.723] Identity keys:
None
[Info - 19:08:44.760] Trying no-auth authentication
[Info - 19:08:44.774] Trying password authentication
[Trace - 19:08:47.253] Server install command:

Server installation script

TMP_DIR=“${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-”/tmp"}"

DISTRO_VERSION=“0.33.1”
DISTRO_COMMIT=“26d69e8cd372a090b6a05b74a32fa7f9d52c10b0”
DISTRO_QUALITY=“stable”

SERVER_APP_NAME=“cursor-server”
SERVER_INITIAL_EXTENSIONS=“”
SERVER_LISTEN_FLAG=“–port=0”
SERVER_DATA_DIR=“$HOME/.cursor-server”
SERVER_DIR=“$SERVER_DATA_DIR/bin/$DISTRO_VERSION-$DISTRO_COMMIT”
SERVER_SCRIPT=“$SERVER_DIR/bin/$SERVER_APP_NAME”
SERVER_LOGFILE=“$SERVER_DATA_DIR/.$DISTRO_COMMIT.log”
SERVER_PIDFILE=“$SERVER_DATA_DIR/.$DISTRO_COMMIT.pid”
SERVER_TOKENFILE=“$SERVER_DATA_DIR/.$DISTRO_COMMIT.token”
SERVER_OS=
SERVER_ARCH=
SERVER_CONNECTION_TOKEN=
SERVER_DOWNLOAD_URL=

LISTENING_ON=
OS_RELEASE_ID=
ARCH=
PLATFORM=

Mimic output from logs of remote-ssh extension

print_install_results_and_exit() {
echo “030ce27502ed0af0d7f52b00: start”
echo “exitCode==$1==”
echo “listeningOn==$LISTENING_ON==”
echo “connectionToken==$SERVER_CONNECTION_TOKEN==”
echo “logFile==$SERVER_LOGFILE==”
echo “osReleaseId==$OS_RELEASE_ID==”
echo “arch==$ARCH==”
echo “platform==$PLATFORM==”
echo “tmpDir==$TMP_DIR==”

echo "030ce27502ed0af0d7f52b00: end"
exit 0

}

Check if platform is supported

PLATFORM=“$(uname -s)”
case $PLATFORM in
Darwin)
SERVER_OS=“darwin”
;;
Linux)
SERVER_OS=“linux”
;;
FreeBSD)
SERVER_OS=“freebsd”
;;
DragonFly)
SERVER_OS=“dragonfly”
;;
*)
echo “Error platform not supported: $PLATFORM”
print_install_results_and_exit 1
;;
esac

Check machine architecture

ARCH=“$(uname -m)”
case $ARCH in
x86_64 | amd64)
SERVER_ARCH=“x64”
;;
armv7l | armv8l)
SERVER_ARCH=“armhf”
;;
arm64 | aarch64)
SERVER_ARCH=“arm64”
;;
ppc64le)
SERVER_ARCH=“ppc64le”
;;
*)
echo “Error architecture not supported: $ARCH”
print_install_results_and_exit 1
;;
esac

os-release

OS_RELEASE_ID=“$(grep -i ‘^ID=’ /etc/os-release 2>/dev/null | sed ‘s/^ID=//gi’ | sed 's/”//g’)"
if [[ -z $OS_RELEASE_ID ]]; then
OS_RELEASE_ID=“$(grep -i ‘^ID=’ /usr/lib/os-release 2>/dev/null | sed ‘s/^ID=//gi’ | sed 's/”//g’)"
if [[ -z $OS_RELEASE_ID ]]; then
OS_RELEASE_ID=“unknown”
fi
fi

Create installation folder

if [[ ! -d $SERVER_DIR ]]; then
mkdir -p $SERVER_DIR
if (( $? > 0 )); then
echo “Error creating server install directory”
print_install_results_and_exit 1
fi
fi

SERVER_DOWNLOAD_URL=“$(echo “https://cursor.blob.core.windows.net/remote-releases/\${version}-\${commit}/vscode-reh-\${os}-\${arch}.tar.gz” | sed “s/${quality}/$DISTRO_QUALITY/g” | sed “s/${version}/$DISTRO_VERSION/g” | sed “s/${commit}/$DISTRO_COMMIT/g” | sed “s/${os}/$SERVER_OS/g” | sed “s/${arch}/$SERVER_ARCH/g”)”

echo “Downloading server from ‘$SERVER_DOWNLOAD_URL’”

Check if server script is already installed

if [[ ! -f $SERVER_SCRIPT ]]; then
if [[ “$SERVER_OS” = “dragonfly” ]] || [[ “$SERVER_OS” = “freebsd” ]]; then
echo “Error “$SERVER_OS” needs manual installation of remote extension host”
print_install_results_and_exit 1
fi

pushd $SERVER_DIR > /dev/null

# Generate a random filename to avoid collisions
RANDOM_FILENAME="vscode-server-9294194f-5951-42e9-a381-cb2224217ffe.tar.gz"

if [[ ! -z $(which wget) ]]; then
    wget --tries=3 --timeout=10 --continue --no-verbose -O $RANDOM_FILENAME $SERVER_DOWNLOAD_URL
elif [[ ! -z $(which curl) ]]; then
    curl --retry 3 --connect-timeout 10 --location --show-error --silent --output $RANDOM_FILENAME $SERVER_DOWNLOAD_URL
else
    echo "Error no tool to download server binary"
    print_install_results_and_exit 1
fi

if (( $? > 0 )); then
    echo "Error downloading server from $SERVER_DOWNLOAD_URL"
    print_install_results_and_exit 1
fi

tar -xf $RANDOM_FILENAME --strip-components 1
if (( $? > 0 )); then
    echo "Error while extracting server contents"
    print_install_results_and_exit 1
fi

if [[ ! -f $SERVER_SCRIPT ]]; then
    echo "Error server contents are corrupted"
    print_install_results_and_exit 1
fi

rm -f $RANDOM_FILENAME

popd > /dev/null

else
echo “Server script already installed in $SERVER_SCRIPT”
fi

Try to find if server is already running

if [[ -f $SERVER_PIDFILE ]]; then
SERVER_PID=“$(cat $SERVER_PIDFILE)”
echo “Server PID: $SERVER_PID”
echo “Server script: $SERVER_SCRIPT”
SERVER_RUNNING_PROCESS=“$(ps -o pid,args -p $SERVER_PID | grep $SERVER_SCRIPT)”
else
echo “Server script: $SERVER_SCRIPT”
SERVER_RUNNING_PROCESS=“$(ps -o pid,args -A | grep $SERVER_SCRIPT | grep -v grep)”
fi

echo “Server running process: $SERVER_RUNNING_PROCESS”

SERVER_IS_RUNNING=$([[ ! -z $SERVER_RUNNING_PROCESS ]] && echo true || echo false)
if [[ -z $SERVER_RUNNING_PROCESS ]]; then
if [[ -f $SERVER_LOGFILE ]]; then
rm $SERVER_LOGFILE
fi
if [[ -f $SERVER_TOKENFILE ]]; then
rm $SERVER_TOKENFILE
fi

touch $SERVER_TOKENFILE
chmod 600 $SERVER_TOKENFILE
SERVER_CONNECTION_TOKEN="a67d304d-fd4d-482a-905b-d2f3941703f0"
echo $SERVER_CONNECTION_TOKEN > $SERVER_TOKENFILE

$SERVER_SCRIPT --start-server --host=127.0.0.1 $SERVER_LISTEN_FLAG $SERVER_INITIAL_EXTENSIONS --connection-token-file $SERVER_TOKENFILE --telemetry-level off --enable-remote-auto-shutdown --accept-server-license-terms &> $SERVER_LOGFILE &
echo $! > $SERVER_PIDFILE

else
echo “Server script is already running $SERVER_SCRIPT”
fi

function try_running() {
if [[ -f $SERVER_TOKENFILE ]]; then
SERVER_CONNECTION_TOKEN=“$(cat $SERVER_TOKENFILE)”

else
    echo "Error server token file not found $SERVER_TOKENFILE"
    return 1
fi

if [[ -f $SERVER_PIDFILE ]]; then
    SERVER_PID="$(cat $SERVER_PIDFILE)"
    SERVER_RUNNING_PROCESS="$(ps -o pid,args -p $SERVER_PID | grep $SERVER_SCRIPT)"
else
    SERVER_RUNNING_PROCESS="$(ps -o pid,args -A | grep $SERVER_SCRIPT | grep -v grep)"
fi
if [[ -f $SERVER_LOGFILE ]]; then
    for i in {1..5}; do
        LISTENING_ON="$(cat $SERVER_LOGFILE | grep -E 'Extension host agent listening on .+' | sed 's/Extension host agent listening on //')"
        if [[ -n $LISTENING_ON ]]; then
            break
        fi
        sleep 0.5
    done

    if [[ -z $LISTENING_ON ]]; then
        echo "Error server did not start sucessfully"
        return 1
    fi
else
    echo "Error server log file not found $SERVER_LOGFILE"
    return 1
fi

return 0

}

Finish server setup

if ! try_running; then
echo “Failed once $SERVER_IS_RUNNING”
if [[ $SERVER_IS_RUNNING == true ]]; then
echo “Retry”
if [[ -f $SERVER_LOGFILE ]]; then
rm $SERVER_LOGFILE
fi
if [[ -f $SERVER_TOKENFILE ]]; then
rm $SERVER_TOKENFILE
fi

    touch $SERVER_TOKENFILE
    chmod 600 $SERVER_TOKENFILE
    SERVER_CONNECTION_TOKEN="663e38c3-761d-4a35-89d2-796e00b43bee"
    echo $SERVER_CONNECTION_TOKEN > $SERVER_TOKENFILE

    $SERVER_SCRIPT --start-server --host=127.0.0.1 $SERVER_LISTEN_FLAG $SERVER_INITIAL_EXTENSIONS --connection-token-file $SERVER_TOKENFILE --telemetry-level off --enable-remote-auto-shutdown --accept-server-license-terms &> $SERVER_LOGFILE &
    echo $! > $SERVER_PIDFILE
    if ! try_running; then
        echo "Exiting after retry"
        print_install_results_and_exit 1
    fi
else
    echo "Exiting without"
    print_install_results_and_exit 1
fi

fi

print_install_results_and_exit 0

[Trace - 19:08:47.315] Server install command stderr:
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/home/rwg227/.cursor-server’: File exists

[Trace - 19:08:47.315] Server install command stdout:
Error creating server install directory
030ce27502ed0af0d7f52b00: start
exitCode==1==
listeningOn====
connectionToken====
logFile==/home/rwg227/.cursor-server/.26d69e8cd372a090b6a05b74a32fa7f9d52c10b0.log==
osReleaseId==rocky==
arch==x86_64==
platform==Linux==
tmpDir==/run/user/300838==
030ce27502ed0af0d7f52b00: end

[Error - 19:08:47.316] Error resolving authority
Error: Couldn’t install vscode server on remote server, install script returned non-zero exit status
at t.installCodeServer (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:1039059)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
at async /Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/open-remote-ssh/dist/main.js:1:438343