Pending OpenSSH release, call for testing.

[Douglas E. Engert]

Darren Tucker wrote:

> Hi All.
>     OpenSSH is getting ready for a release soon, so we are asking for 
> all interested parties to test a snapshot.

Appears to work on Solaris 9 with GSSAPI using MIT krb5-1.3.2.

> 
>     Changes include:
> 
> * sshd will now re-exec itself for each new connection (the "-e" option 
> is required when running sshd in debug mode).
> 
> * PAM password authentication has been (re)added.
> 
> * Interface improvements to sftp(1)
> 
> * Many bug fixes and improvements, for details see the ChangeLog and
> http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=822
> 
> The OpenBSD version is available in CVS HEAD:
> http://www.openbsd.org/anoncvs.html
> 
> Portable snapshots are available at:
> ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/snapshot/
> or one of its mirrors listed at http://www.openssh.com/portable.html#ftp
> 
>     Please test!  Running the regression tests supplied with Portable 
> does not require installation and is a simply:
> $ ./configure && make tests
> 
>     Testing on suitable non-production systems is also appreciated.  
> Please send reports of success or failure to openssh-unix-dev.
> 
>     Thanks,
>         -Daz.
> 

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