changing group for root

[David Thompson]

"Senthil Kumar" wrote:
>Damien wrote:
>
>>What platform is this?
>
>The problem occurs in hpux 11.11,11.23 but not in 11.00. To reproduce the 
>problem login as root, change the group for root and try ssh.
>

Same problem on linux.  If root's current gid doesn't match the group from /etc/passwd, ssh croaks (openssh-3.9p1/uidswap.c line 206).

Dave Thompson
UW-Madison