Requirement for sshd account since 4.4p1

Damien Miller djm at mindrot.org
Sat Oct 28 03:22:39 EST 2006


On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> I understand that simple point, but I don't understand the argumentation.
> This change leaves users behind which have been using sshd for a long
> time in a specific manner. 

"leaving behind" is a very emotive way to say "users have to install an
account". On the vast majority of platforms, this account has existed
for years anyway, so it is a total nop for most people.

-d




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