OpenSSH-3.9p1 permanently_set_uid behavior on Linux

[Robert Dahlem]

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 08:42:48 -1000, Glen Nakamura wrote:

>$ su
>Password: ????????
># newgrp bin
># ssh remotehost
>permanently_set_uid: was able to restore old [e]gid
>#
>
>Is this the desired behavior or should the code special case running as 
>root?

Darren posted a patch in comp.security.ssh which helped me with this. Go 
to groups.google.com and search for msgid:cge5kt$grt$1 at gate.dodgy.net.au

Regards,
        Robert