/etc/ssh/shosts.equiv ignored?

[James Thompson]

I'm trying to replace ssh 1.2.27 with openssh 1.2.1-pre*  

It seems that a openssh client accessing any openssh/ssh server I've setup
always results in a password prompt.

It also seems that a openssh server requires ssh clients to provide a
password regardless of the entries in the /etc/ssh/shosts.equiv file.  If
I shut off the openssh server and run a ssh server then normal ssh client
can connect without password prompts, openssh client still prompt for
password.

One other oddity I've noticed in is using openssh as a rsh replacement for
pine/imap.  Setting up pine to use imap via ssh replacement of rsh worked
fine.  With openssh it always displays the password prompt and corrupts
the screen.

If I've overlooked something in the man pages (which are corrupted on a
Solaris 2.6 install, nroff problem?) please point me at it.  

Also, what are the legal options for me providing patches to openssh since
I'm in the US.  I've have some troubles with Solaris 2.6 installs with
pre24 and pre19 but don't care to waste time debugging something I can't
contribute back to the project.

Thanks,
James

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