To get the server working again I reinstalled the previous version
of openssh and the service came up without complaint.
cd /tmp; rpm -i openssh-4.3p2-41.el5.i386.rpm --force --nodeps
cd /tmp; rpm -iv openssh-server-4.3p2-41.el5.i386.rpm --force --nodeps
cd /tmp; rpm -iv openssh-clients-4.3p2-41.el5.i386.rpm --force --nodeps
cd /tmp; rpm -iv openssh-askpass-4.3p2-41.el5.i386.rpm --force --nodeps
Lacking a session terminal window on that sever I used the command
shell module of webmin to execute these commands after using its
upload and download module to obtain the rpms from
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.5/os/i386/CentOS/
I tried to report this problem to CentOS as a bug but the bug
reporting service did not recognize my user id and password,
notwithstanding I was logged into centos.org itself at the time.
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Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757
Canada L8E 3C3
