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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: OpenSSH-2.9p2-1


On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 12:50:03PM +0200, Michael Schaap wrote:
> Hi Corinna,
> 
> At 10:22 12-7-2001, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >I've updated the version of OpenSSH in cygwin/latest to 2.9p2-1.
> 
> Updating OpenSSH using setup destroys /etc/ssh_config and 
> /etc/sshd_config.  It would be nice it if didn't do that, or if at least 
> the announcement would warn about that.

Sorry 'bout that. That happens after upgrading from 2.9p1-2
since I had packed the 2.9p1-2 tar archive wrong :-(

The new 2.9p2-1 package is correct again so the next update
will not destroy these files.

Corinna

> Also, a small bug in ssh-host-config.  I ran it to regenerate 
> /etc/ssh*_config, but said no to the "install as a service" question (since 
> I had the service already).
> In this case, the line "chown system /etc/ssh*" didn't run, so my 
> /etc/ssh*_config files were still owned by me.  Therefore, sshd still 
> didn't start.
> I think the "chown" should be moved two "fi"'s down.  :-)

No, only if the script knows that sshd is started under system
account the automated chown makes sense, IMO.

> (Also, I think "chown system:system /etc/ssh*" is slightly more elegant.)

Slightly. The group membership is never checked, though.

Corinna

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