Dear folks,
system: RH 6.1 Linux on a PIII
software: installed binaries resulting from rpm --rebuild
openssh-1.2.2-1.src.rpm, downloaded from
http://the.wiretapped.net/security/cryptography/ssh/OpenSSH/files/openssh-1.2.2-1.src.rpm
problem program: ssh-agent
problem description:
When execute
ssh-agent startx -- -bpp 32
ssh-agent does not pass the -bpp 32 to startx.
Why problem exists:
getopt() reorders args by default, but we don't want the ssh-agent args
to be interchanged with those of program ssh-agent is starting up.
Solution: a very simple patch:
-- cut here ---------------------------------------------------------
--- openssh-1.2.2/ssh-agent.c~ Mon Jan 3 20:41:05 2000
+++ openssh-1.2.2/ssh-agent.c Tue Feb 8 14:42:11 2000
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@
__progname);
exit(1);
}
- while ((ch = getopt(ac, av, "cks")) != -1) {
+ while ((ch = getopt(ac, av, "+cks")) != -1) {
switch (ch) {
case 'c':
if (s_flag)
-- cut here ---------------------------------------------------------
I have built an rpm with this patch, but don't know where to upload it.
--
Nick Urbanik, Dept. of Electrical & Communications Engineering
Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Tsing Yi)
email: nicku at vtc.edu.hk, nicku at iohk.com
Tel: (852) 2436 8660, (825) 2436 8492 Fax: (852) 2436 8643
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