openssh bugs - May 2007 - [Bug 1290] sshd dies if passed host key with relative path on command line

http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1290





--- Comment #3 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org>  2007-05-18
16:58:40 ---
Created an attachment (id=1288)
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require absolute paths

It is pretty easy to fix the specific case of the '-h' option not
accepting relative paths, but fixing the more general problem of paths
specified on the commandline using -oConfigItem=value or in
configuration files is surprisingly tricky because of the way we pass
the configuration between the original sshd instance and the
re-executed child.

Rather than writing a lot of code to fix this edge case, I think it is
better that we just make the requirement to use absolute paths explicit
and provide error feedback when the daemon is started, not when it
tries to accept a connection.


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--- Comment #4 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org>  2007-05-18
17:18:56 ---
Created an attachment (id=1289)
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better patch

Actually, the last patch had two bugs: it broke the AuthorizedKeysFile
directive (which allows paths relative to $HOME) and absolute paths
specified using ~/ or ~user/. This one fixes these problems.


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--- Comment #5 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org>  2007-05-18
17:25:37 ---
Created an attachment (id=1290)
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Working patch

It helps if one saves the file that one is working on before making a
broken patch and posting it for the world to see...


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