Re: openssh 9.8p1-1

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On Mon, Jul 01, 2024 at 12:59:05 +0200, Geert Hendrickx wrote:
> More specifically, the upgraded server logs the following:
> sshd: -R not supported here
> 
> (when forked by a not-restarted master process)
> 
> I can't immediatly spot in the ChangeLog what is causing this, but it
> certainly warrants a big post_upgrade warning in the openssh package.



It's due to this change, sshd now invokes an sshd-session handler instead,
for which the master process MUST be restarted:

https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html#9.8p1
> * sshd(8): the server has been split into a listener binary, sshd(8),
>   and a per-session binary "sshd-session". This allows for a much
>   smaller listener binary, as it no longer needs to support the SSH
>   protocol. As part of this work, support for disabling privilege
>   separation (which previously required code changes to disable) and
>   disabling re-execution of sshd(8) has been removed. Further
>   separation of sshd-session into additional, minimal binaries is
>   planned for the future.


(it's probably advised to restart sshd immediatly after every upgrade,
but the package should point this out as Arch does not automate this.)


	Geert





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