Bug#119886: openssh-server: Encountered this problem with backup-manager

[Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org>]

Package: openssh-server
Version: 1:4.7p1-1
Followup-For: Bug #119886

I ran into the same problem when trying to use backup-manager with ssh
uploads.  I created a user "backup-manager" on the system I want to
upload the backups to, and since I already had to give that user
permission to /var/archives, I made /var/archives its home directory.
However, backup-manager defaults to 0660 permissions on /var/archives,
making ssh refuse to use /var/archives/.ssh/authorized_keys .

It would require a bit more work, but I think the *right* solution
here would involve asking if the group which has write permission to
the directory contains any users other than the SSH target user.

- Josh Triplett

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-rc4 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages openssh-server depends on:
ii  adduser               3.105              add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.17             Debian configuration management sy
ii  dpkg                  1.14.14            package maintenance system for Deb
ii  libc6                 2.7-5              GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcomerr2            1.40.3-1           common error description library
ii  libkrb53              1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-2 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libpam-modules        0.99.7.1-5         Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime        0.99.7.1-5         Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g              0.99.7.1-5         Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libselinux1           2.0.15-2+b1        SELinux shared libraries
ii  libssl0.9.8           0.9.8g-3           SSL shared libraries
ii  libwrap0              7.6.dbs-14         Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  lsb-base              3.1-24             Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii  openssh-client        1:4.7p1-1          secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh
ii  zlib1g                1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-8   compression library - runtime

openssh-server recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
  ssh/new_config: true
* ssh/use_old_init_script: true
  ssh/encrypted_host_key_but_no_keygen:
  ssh/disable_cr_auth: false