[Bug 1290] sshd dies if passed host key with relative path on command line

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--- 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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