[Remote-SSH Bug]: Jailed Shell cPanel user unable to open integrated terminal: The terminal process failed to launch: A native exception occurred during launch (forkpty(3) failed.).

[legendarylion]

Is there an existing issue for this bug?

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Required Troubleshooting Steps

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• [X] I have tried both values of the remote.SSH.useLocalServer setting

Issue

It connects successfully, files can be edited and saved, but the integrated terminal does not work as expected with "Jailed Access" set to the cPanel account.

Expected Behavior

The expected behavior is for the terminal to open.

If the cPanel is set to "Normal Access" the terminal launches correctly.

Steps To Reproduce

Connect via Remote SSH to cPanel set as "Jailed Shell" SSH Terminal access Open terminal ERROR: The terminal process failed to launch: A native exception occurred during launch (forkpty(3) failed.). Terminal automatically closes

Remote-SSH Log

N/A No log available, exception error thrown, terminal closes.

[bamurtaugh]

cc @Tyriar @meganrogge for any thoughts

[meganrogge]

does disabling shell integration, terminal.integrated.shellIntegration.enabled fix it for you?

[legendarylion]

Hey there,

No, that does not solve the problem.

settings.json { "terminal.integrated.shellIntegration.enabled": false, ... }

Still predictably throws: The terminal process failed to launch: A native exception occurred during launch (forkpty(3) failed.). when connected to the account and initiating a terminal in the editor.

Changing the cPanel status to "Normal" shell resolves this, but of course carries more security risks.

On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 11:29 AM Megan Rogge @.***> wrote:

does disabling shell integration, terminal.integrated.shellIntegration.enabled fix it for you?

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[meganrogge]

has this always been the case or has the issue appeared recently?

[legendarylion]

I was just working on this issue. :)

I believe it wasn't an issue in an earlier version of VSC, but I can't remember what version the issue started.

I was able to find another thread about this that another user was experiencing the same issue: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70052130/how-to-fix-vs-code-error-with-remote-ssh-the-terminal-process-failed-to-launch

On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 2:13 PM Megan Rogge @.***> wrote:

has this always been the case or has the issue appeared recently?

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[vs-code-engineering[bot]]

Hey @Tyriar @meganrogge, this issue might need further attention.

@legendarylion, you can help us out by closing this issue if the problem no longer exists, or adding more information.