1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/ssh.c b/ssh.c
index 4859c5bed..e0e141fe1 100644
--- a/ssh.c
+++ b/ssh.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "includes.h"
-RCSID("$OpenBSD: ssh.c,v 1.124 2001/06/07 20:23:05 markus Exp $");
+RCSID("$OpenBSD: ssh.c,v 1.125 2001/06/22 23:35:21 markus Exp $");
 
 #include <openssl/evp.h>
 #include <openssl/err.h>
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
 {
         int i, opt, optind, exit_status, ok;
         u_short fwd_port, fwd_host_port;
-        char *optarg, *cp, buf[256];
+        char *optarg, *p, *cp, buf[256];
         struct stat st;
         struct passwd *pw;
         int dummy;
@@ -305,10 +305,12 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
                 if (av[optind][0] != '-') {
                         if (host)
                                 break;
-                        if ((cp = strchr(av[optind], '@'))) {
-                                if(cp == av[optind])
+                        if (strchr(av[optind], '@')) {
+                                p = xstrdup(av[optind]);
+                                cp = strchr(p, '@');
+                                if(cp == NULL || cp == p)
                                         usage();
-                                options.user = av[optind];
+                                options.user = p;
                                 *cp = '\0';
                                 host = ++cp;
                         } else