On Mon, September 13, 2010 19:23, Gilbert Sebenste wrote: > On Mon, 13 Sep 2010, Karanbir Singh wrote: > >>> This matter is somewhat urgent. >> >> Totally! broken sshd could cause non-trivial issues for a lot of >> people. >> >> However, I can confirm that: >> >> * prov-kickstart-c5.5-i386 : sshd tests PASS >> * yum -y update : sshd tests PASS [1] >> * yum install latest updates : sshd tests PASS >> >> So, I'm quite keen on finding out what is it that is causing the >> breakage for you. >> - KB > > I am NOT rubbing this in, but I figured I'd let you know that I have > 5 i386 machines, one x86_64...did a yum -y update...and all updated > ssh and all related RPM's. And it's aall is working well here. I > only slightly modified sshd_config in previous versions, and it > didn't cause any problems with this update. In my original post I pointed out that this problem occurred on just one server and that all the updates applied cleanly on the rest. I do not have an explanation for why this particular server choked on the sshd update, but it did. Interestingly, although the package on that server is now an older one Name : openssh Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 4.3p2 Vendor: CentOS Release : 41.el5 Build Date: Wed 31 Mar 2010 05:24:16 AM EDT Install Date: Mon 13 Sep 2010 02:28:35 PM EDT Build Host: builder10.centos.org Group : Applications/Internet Source RPM: openssh-4.3p2-41.el5.src.rpm Size : 744306 Vice Name : openssh Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 4.3p2 Vendor: CentOS Release : 41.el5_5.1 Build Date: Sun 12 Sep 2010 12:00:45 PM EDT Install Date: Mon 13 Sep 2010 08:50:29 AM EDT Build Host: builder17.centos.org Group : Applications/Internet Source RPM: openssh-4.3p2-41.el5_5.1.src.rpm Size : 744754 yum check-update does not report that there is a more recent openssh available. Odd. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3