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Package: openssh-server
Version: 1:5.5p1-6
Severity: minor
openssh-server depends on xauth.
When i select in installer's tasksel only ssh-server, i see xauth with some X11 stuff.
I think it's wrong. For example, on mail server or network gateway xauth and libx11 will never used.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686-bigmem (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages openssh-server depends on:
ii adduser 3.112+nmu2 add and remove users and groups
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.36.1 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.15.8.10 Debian package management system
ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libcomerr2 1.41.12-2 common error description library
ii libgssapi-krb5-2 1.8.3+dfsg-4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - k
ii libkrb5-3 1.8.3+dfsg-4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii libpam-modules 1.1.1-6.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpam-runtime 1.1.1-6.1 Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii libpam0g 1.1.1-6.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libselinux1 2.0.96-1 SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8o-4squeeze1 SSL shared libraries
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-19 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii lsb-base 3.2-23.2squeeze1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii openssh-blacklist 0.4.1 list of default blacklisted OpenSS
ii openssh-client 1:5.5p1-6 secure shell (SSH) client, for sec
ii procps 1:3.2.8-9 /proc file system utilities
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages openssh-server recommends:
ii openssh-blacklist-extra 0.4.1 list of non-default blacklisted Op
ii xauth 1:1.0.4-1 X authentication utility
Versions of packages openssh-server suggests:
pn molly-guard <none> (no description available)
pn rssh <none> (no description available)
pn ssh-askpass <none> (no description available)
pn ufw <none> (no description available)
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tags 616302 wontfix
thanks
On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 03:45:47PM +0500, stanislav.v.v@gmail.com wrote:
> openssh-server depends on xauth.
Actually, no, it Recommends xauth. Here's what the policy manual says
about Recommends:
This declares a strong, but not absolute, dependency.
The Recommends field should list packages that would be found together
with this one in all but unusual installations.
I think this applies to openssh-server -> xauth. It causes a good deal
of confusion when it's absent, and it's often appropriate even on
servers (e.g. to run just the occasional graphical administration tool).
> When i select in installer's tasksel only ssh-server, i see xauth with
> some X11 stuff.
> I think it's wrong. For example, on mail server or network gateway
> xauth and libx11 will never used.
While in some circumstances it's unnecessary, the footprint is low, just
a few megabytes, and you can remove it if you choose; or you can say
'apt-get --no-install-recommends install openssh-server'.
I'm afraid that, on balance, I would prefer to leave this as it is.
Regards,
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@debian.org]
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