Solved: OpenSSH 3.7.1 compatibility problems on Linux

[Stanislav Malyshev]

SM>> I have build OpenSSH 3.7.1p1 on Linux from src.rpm available for
SM>> download on the site, and after installation I have discovered that
SM>> this version of openssh has many compatibility problems with old and
SM>> third-party clients that previous versions did not have.  For
SM>> example:

With generous help of Yuri Nosyrev, I have found the cure for the problem:

The problem seems to be in the mechanism that governs password 
authentication and in the fact that I use md5-encoded passwords in 
/etc/shadow (must be standard RedHat setting since I have never changed 
anything there). 

The problem was solved by editing openssh.spec in the package before
building the RPM and adding --with-md5-passwords to the configure line
(around line 194 in original openssh.spec) then proceeding with building
the RPM as usual. Seems to make all the clients that didn't work
previously happy.

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Stanislav Malyshev, Zend Products Engineer   
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