https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326480 Summary: yast2 sshd module doesn't modify sshd_config at the right places Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Beta 3 Platform: All OS/Version: openSUSE 10.3 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: YaST2 AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: funtasyspace@yahoo.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- In the default sshd config file (/etc/ssh/sshd_config) most options are commented out. The ssh daemon will use the internal default values for those options. The problem is, that the yast2 sshd module a) doesn't know the default values of the out-commented options b) doesn't uncomment and write/change those out-commented options at the right places in the config file. So if you run the yast2 sshd module the first time after a fresh installation and default sshd_config file, there are inconsistencies between the gui and the sshd state. Another problem is, that the yast module doesn't uncomment the options it can handle in the config file, but writes them as new lines at the end of the config file. If the user manually uncomments the options yast2 can handle, everything is fine. Yast2 will change the options at the right places and will not add them as new lines at the end of the config file. And because all the option values of a fresh/default config file are equivalent to the internal sshd default options, the GUI will not be inconsistent during the first run of the module. Of course this is no convenient solution for users. Possible Solutions: 1. Change the openssh package so that in the default sshd_config file the options yast2 sshd can handle are NOT commented out. This way, yast2 sshd module is not inconsistent during the first run and it will not add new lines with options at the end of the config file, but change the existing options at their right places in the config file (if the user did any). The drawback is, that the openssh package should be modified each time the yast2 module was enhanced to handle more options. 2. Let the yast2 sshd module detect out-commented options in the sshd_config file. - If an option is commented out, make the yast2 sshd gui consistent with sshd's internal default values. I don't know if there is a way to get the default values from somewhere automatically, or if yast2 has to know them hard coded. - If the user changes an out-commented options via the yast2 module, uncomment the corresponding option at the right place in the sshd_config file and set the value there. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.