Try without identifying current user Small change that warns the user if the current user cannot be identified rather than aborting. This came in handy when I put dropbear on a dlink that did not have a true user environment. Falling back on the "-l" option and user@ options works just fine as a client. The only implication I found is that the -J option will fail ungracefully without a known own_user.

open(IN,"<crypt.ind");
open(OUT,">crypt.ind.tmp");
$a = <IN>;
print OUT  "$a\n\\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Index}\n";
while (<IN>) {
   print OUT $_;
}
close OUT;
close IN;
system("mv -f crypt.ind.tmp crypt.ind");