Bug#244829: ssh.postinst may corrupt sshd_config that does not end with newline

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

tags 244829 pending
thanks

On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 09:20:02AM +0200, Davy Gigan wrote:
> Package: ssh
> Version: 1:3.8p1-3
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hello,
> 
> At line 71 of ssh.postinst, the following command may be issued :
> echo 'UsePAM yes' >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config.dpkg-new
> Unfortunately on one of my machines, the last line was not terminated
> with newline and i've come with a configuration file with some non used
> options. Depending on what could be the last line in the file, that
> could break some functionality  (example : User foo was my
> last line and foo could not connect anymore because the line was wrong).
> 
> Simple solution : ensure there is a newline terminating the last line
> with "echo -e '\nUsePAM yes' >>" instead.

Fixed in CVS, thanks.

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Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]